{"id":25630,"date":"2020-05-29T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25630"},"modified":"2020-05-29T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:29:07","slug":"peter-obi-declares-support-for-adesina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/peter-obi-declares-support-for-adesina","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi declares support for Adesina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Peter Obi, former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday declared support for the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina.<\/p>\n<p>Obi urged Africa and state governments to rally round and support Adesina to avoid consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor made the plea amidst demand for Adesina\u2019s probe for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Department of Treasury had called for an independent corruption probe of Adesina after he was cleared by the bank\u2019s ethics committee.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the ex-Nigeria\u2019s Agriculture Minister, said he was confident that ultimately, \u201cthe bank will emerge stronger than before and continue to support Africa\u2019s development drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Obi on Twitter wrote, \u201cFor a people in search of leadership that will inspire a continent-wide transformation, Africa and its state governments need to rally round and celebrate opportunities such as been presented by Dr @akin_adesina\u2019s presidency of the AfDB<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have ourselves to blame if we miss this opportunity. 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