{"id":81772,"date":"2026-01-17T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81772"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:33:00","slug":"why-i-dont-own-land-or-house-in-abuja-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/17\/why-i-dont-own-land-or-house-in-abuja-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don\u2019t Own Land or House in Abuja -Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former presidential candidate and ADC chieftain, Peter Obi, has said he does not own any house or landed property in Abuja, attributing the decision to his preference for a simple, stress-free lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Obi disclosed this during a coffee hangout with members of the KayhikersClub in Abuja, explaining that accumulating assets often creates unnecessary pressure and health challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a house or land in Abuja and I\u2019m not planning to own one because I don\u2019t need it,\u201d he said, adding that living modestly has helped him maintain good health.<\/p>\n<p>The former Anambra State governor recalled rejecting official privileges while serving as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including official vehicles, accommodation and sitting allowances.<\/p>\n<p>He said he similarly declined luxury cars during his tenure as Chairman of Fidelity Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Obi maintained that he never collected personal benefits while in office, stressing that his record is open to verification.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that he lives comfortably within his means and is content without excessive material possessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Former presidential candidate and ADC chieftain, Peter Obi, has said he does not own any house or landed property in Abuja, attributing the decision to his preference for a simple, stress-free lifestyle. Obi disclosed this during a coffee hangout with members of the KayhikersClub in Abuja, explaining that accumulating assets often creates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81774,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81772\/revisions\/81774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}