Nigerian Police Officer Caught In Video Bragging ‘Peter Obi Is Criminal, Ritualist, Yahoo Boy, Will Turn Aso Rock Into Yahoo Office’ | Sahara Reporters

Voices of some passengers speaking Igbo, condemning the officer, could also be heard in the background of the video.

A Nigerian police officer has been captured in a video in uniform making derogatory and ethnically charged remarks against former Anambra State governor and Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, Peter Obi, while claiming that an Igbo person can never become President of Nigeria.

The officer, who appeared to be inside a commercial vehicle, accused Obi of being a criminal, ritualist, and internet fraudster (Yahoo), while alleging that Obi would turn Aso Rock into a “Yahoo office” if elected president.

Voices of some passengers speaking Igbo, condemning the officer, could also be heard in the background of the video.

“Igbo can never become president. No way. He will turn that Abuja to become Yahoo office. That Yahoo, we will not hear the again. They will take you to do rituals. A small child who doesn’t want to respect elders,” the police officer claimed.

“‘When I was the governor in Anambra, I left so so so amount of money, you are doing rituals. A small child who is doing Yahoo and all the rubbish he is doing.”

The officer’s comments specifically targeted Obi’s ethnic identity and presidential ambition, repeatedly insisting that an Igbo person could not occupy Nigeria’s highest elected office.

“Go and sell your okrika. Even if he wins, let oga (President Bola Tinubu) use money and deal with him. He will not enter that place.

“We will waste all his money and all his strength. All the votes they will cast for him in Igboland are useless,” he said.

With an expression of anger and hatred, he continued, “Who is Obi? A small child. It is not yet his turn, until he gets old up to 80 or 90 years, then… ya la ya!! Atiku versus Tinubu. Kick Obi out of this matter! Who is Obi?

“Go to Wazobia FM, go everywhere. Yeye people (useless people). Who will ever give Igbo man or Igbo woman a chance to become the president of this country?”

The officer further called for Peter Obi to be removed from the presidential contest and said that an Igbo man or woman could never become president of Nigeria, describing it as a “tradition.”

“Obi is too small to stand where Atiku and Tinubu are speaking. This time around, he will be in fifth position. Igbo will be expecting to become the president? Igbo man or Igbo woman can never become a president of this nation! It has been a tradition!” he said.

The officer added, “Obasanjo has said, ‘For me to make Igbo man my vice, it is not done’, he chose a Hausa.

“Obi cannot go anywhere! Hoodlums! Do you know what they call hoodlums? Obi is a criminal! Igbo smoker (Indian helm smoker), Yahoo. He will turn Aso Rock to become Yahoo, fraudster, small boy. He will turn that office to become a Yahoo office.

He also endorsed a contest between President Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar while dismissing Obi’s political relevance.

“It is better to leave these elderly men to be controlling us. If Atiku can defeat Tinubu, accepted. Let elderly man control us. He is our father who trained us. Obi will turn that Abuja to become a Yahoo office.”

The video has sparked reactions online, with social media users questioning how a serving police officer could openly make political and ethnic derogatory comments while appearing in police uniform.

However, SaharaReporters could not clearly get the identity of the officer, his police unit, the location where the video was recorded, and the circumstances surrounding the recording from the footage.

The video comes amid heightened political discussions and activities ahead of the 2027 general elections, with questions around ethnic representation, political competition and the possibility of an Igbo presidential candidate continuing to dominate public discourse.