Obi’s Political Pilgrimage: Struggle to reconcile power with moral purpose, politics with conscience

By Valentine Obienyem
The political pilgrimage of Mr. Peter Obi from APGA to PDP, from Labour to ADC, and now to NDC  – is not merely the restless movement of one politician across unstable platforms. It is, in many respects, the story of a conscientious man struggling to preserve conviction in a political environment where corruption sits enthroned and daily extends its dominion over institutions, parties, and even the moral imagination of society itself.
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Obi did not emerge from the traditional furnaces of Nigerian politics. He was not formed in the dark schools where intrigue ...