I once cleaned a dirty aircraft toilet as governor, says Obi

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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, says leadership by example is central to confronting Nigeria’s security challenges.

Obi spoke while answering questions from a cross-section of Nigerians during an interactive X Space on Sunday.

The former Anambra governor said security has deteriorated and requires leaders who demonstrate discipline, responsibility and accountability.

Responding to questions on how he would tackle security challenges, Obi narrated a personal experience to illustrate his approach to leadership. Obi said he once travelled on British Airways while serving as a governor and encountered an aircraft toilet that was badly messed up.

According to him, a woman who worked with the Lagos state government under Babatunde Fashola opened the toilet, saw its condition and walked away.

Obi, who was a governor at the time, said he went into the toilet and cleaned it himself without informing anyone.

“There was somebody who works for the Lagos State Government — for Fashola’s government. She works with a law firm,” Obi said.

“We were coming back on British Airways years back; I was a serving governor. The entire toilet was messed up. She opened that toilet to use it; it was messed up and she walked away.

“I went in there, and she came back. The entire place was cleaned. She didn’t even tell me, but she told a minister and somebody else where she works in the office.

”She said, ‘I can’t believe this’. The people called me; I said I cleaned it because maybe I would be the next person that would go back there to use it. Thecable