Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s nominee for president, won the “Man Of The Year” award at the 2022 Leadership Excellence Awards.
Obi received more votes than the other three nominees during a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting period.
Igbere TV, a premier community TV in Nigeria, organised the online vote.
Obi won the online voting, which was place from August 1 to August 14, defeating the other three nominees.
He received 2, 428, 403 votes, beating out Abdul Rabiu, the chairman and founder of the BUA Group, who received 1, 124, 172 votes, and David Adeleke, better known as Davido, a well-known Nigerian singer, who received 881, 766 votes.
The founder and general overseer of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, who was the fourth nominee, had previously resigned and publicly supported Peter Obi for the honour.
The coveted prize, supported by the African Union, will be presented by the African Film Institute in November 2022 in Abuja.
The renowned award, which is given annually and is now in its fourth consecutive year, recognises and honours outstanding contributions made by leaders in Nigeria’s governmental and business sectors.
The occasion honours notable figures and leaders whose contributions to Nigeria’s political, social, and economic realms have been felt.
Following his defection from the People’s Democratic Party in May 2022, Obi was nominated as the LP’s presidential candidate for the general elections of 2023.
