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Mustapha Chike-Obi At Crossroads … Who Will Fidelity Bank Chairman Support Between, Atiku and Former Fidelity Chairman, Peter Obi?

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Mustapha Chike-Obi At Crossroads … Who Will Fidelity Bank Chairman Support Between, Atiku and Former Fidelity Chairman, Peter Obi?

Having a friend in high places has always been viewed as a big advantage. This is what the Chinese have captured figuratively as the carp leaping over the Dragon Gate to become a dragon.

However, why don’t we ever dwell on the obvious disadvantages? Well, one of such disadvantages is what the Chairman of Fidelity Bank, Mustafa Chike-Obi, is facing currently. Between his long-time patron, Atiku Abubakar, and predecessor, Peter Obi, who will Chike-Obi support for president?

Power is a maddening thing, that is sure. Before Chike-Obi became a prominent person, only a few probably cared about his political preferences and choices. Now that he is the Chairman of one of Nigeria’s leading banks, Chike-Obi cannot be willy-nilly about who he supports to be president come 2023.

On one hand, Chike-Obi has to pay respects to the powerful man, Atiku, who is rumored to have brought him to where he is now. On the other hand, Chike-Obi has to honor Obi, the youngest Chairman ever of Fidelity Bank Plc, a man whose trail he may one day follow considering how similar their career paths are.

Truly, in charting the course of Chike-Obi, one cannot but mention Atiku’s name. It may even be said that it was Atiku who Chike-Obi from obscurity and brought him to the limelight. Of course, it was Chike-Obi’s ingenuity that kept him there and eventually led him to become Fidelity Chairman, but Atiku’s role in his rise to glory cannot be thrown aside.

And now, Atiku is the presidential ticket-bearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Obi is the presidential ticket-bearer for Labor Party (LP).

Whose flag will Chike-Obi bear? Will his loyalty to Atiku, the man for whom he labored as an economic adviser in the 2019 presidential election, remain inveterate? Or will he look to the future and join his fate with Obi? Only time will tell.

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