A social media user has ignited a high-stakes challenge tied to the academic history of former Anambra State governor Peter Obi, offering ₦5 million to anyone who can name a coursemate who graduated with him from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in 1984.
The offer was made by an X user identified as Bayo Bilisi, who directed the dare specifically at members of the Obidient Movement, a support base for Obi. Bilisi asked anyone willing to take up the challenge to produce the name of a fellow student who studied alongside Obi at UNN and graduated in the same period. He gave respondents one week to come forward with the evidence.
The Challenge and Its Conditions
To signal that the challenge was meant to be taken seriously, Bilisi added the phrase "No be Cho Cho Cho," and proposed an escrow arrangement to keep the wager accountable. He suggested that X personality Wizarab10 could hold the funds independently while the challenge plays out.
The challenge comes amid ongoing political discussions surrounding Obi, who is the presidential candidate of the New Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 general elections. The former Labour Party presidential candidate has been a prominent figure in Nigerian politics, and this wager has added a new dimension to the public discourse about his background.
What Records Show About Obi's Time at UNN
Available biographical information about Obi indicates that he enrolled at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1980 and graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. He is publicly recognised as an alumnus of the university and has returned to the institution on various occasions for student engagements.
It is important to note that Bilisi's challenge is not, by itself, evidence that Obi had no classmates or that no other student graduated with him during that period. Confirming or refuting such a claim would require documentary or first-hand evidence from UNN records, contemporaries, or other credible sources.
Impact and Next Steps
For now, the ₦5 million offer has turned what might have been a passing question into an active social media contest, with Bilisi pressing Obi's supporters to come up with the evidence he says he is waiting for.
Obi resigned from the African Democratic Congress on May 2, 2026, and was ratified as the presidential candidate of the New Democratic Congress for the 2027 general elections on May 29, 2026. In a related development, Legit.ng earlier reported that an Anambra-based bishop, Patrick Osaji, predicted that the NDC would disqualify Obi as its 2027 presidential flagbearer. The cleric made the claim in a video circulating on social media, stating that Obi would spend the period leading up to the 2027 election in court fighting the party's decision.
