Speaking on The Clarity Zone Podcast, Bwala
argued that Obi’s reputation as a philanthropist was exaggerated.

“Peter Obi is a billionaire, multi-billionaire. There is no
record that Peter has floated a foundation, or a school, anything that has to
do with public interest and funded so they can meet the needs of the masses.
Not a single one,” he said.

Bwala also dismissed reports that Obi had made huge
donations.

“He has never given beyond N50m, and even that one, I can
tell you the circumstances behind it. He never gave N100m to anybody,” he
claimed.

He further mocked the boreholes reportedly donated by Obi in
the North after the elections, describing them as “caveman days borehole —
where somebody will climb and be bouncing like this before water will come
out.”

Beyond philanthropy, Bwala questioned Obi’s alignment with
the Labour Party, saying he had no history of standing with workers.

“Peter Obi is a capitalist by nature. He believes in free
market economy. He’s a businessman. There is nothing resembling socialism
around Peter Obi. But Peter Obi ran on the platform of Labour Party that is
principally a socialist party. Tell me whether you have ever seen Peter Obi in
any workers’ strike, protest or student unionism. Even during EndSARS, was he
there?”

He compared Obi’s 2023 campaign to Donald Trump’s populist
strategy, saying Obi only took advantage of youth anger. “In the last election,
Obi just saw that the youth were not happy and he rode on that anger. They even
said, ‘we no dey give shishi,’ because once you ride on their anger, they
sponsor themselves to fight your cause,” Bwala added.

He also accused Obi of using churches during the campaign
and abandoning them afterwards.

“He went to all the churches, met all the Pentecostal
bishops. He was everywhere — Holy Ghost night, Holy Ghost morning, prophetic
prayers. But after the election, I didn’t see him again. Like my church, we had
Shiloh. I told one of my pastors that Peter Obi no dey go Shiloh again,” he
said.

Obi joined the Labour Party in 2022 after leaving the
Peoples Democratic Party and ran a campaign that gained huge support from
youths and church groups under the “Obidient” movement. The Labour Party
presents itself as a pro-worker, social democratic platform.