- Kanayo opened up about how Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi stepped in to help during his mother’s burial.
- The Nollywood veteran disclosed that the former governor provided him with N250k, the going rate for a cow in 2011.
- Kanayo also humorously remarked that he believed Peter Obi might have bargained at the market before sending him the money
Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo recollected how presidential candidate Peter Obi gave him N250k for his mother’s burial, surprising many who might have expected a larger sum from someone of his status.
In an interview with Afia TV published on Thursday, Kanayo revealed that despite being the Governor of Anambra State at the time, Obi couldn’t attend the funeral but made a heartfelt gesture by calling and sending a token.
Kanayo O. Kanayo’s words;
“In 2011, I was to bury my mum and I had many senators I had friends and I wrote to all of them. Two weeks after the funeral, Peter Obi calls me by 1 am in his little voice, o sim ‘nwanne I just got your letter, I know the burial is over, You know I would have come if I saw the letter’. He sent me exactly the price of a cow. You know somebody would have thought he would give you two million for burial in 2011.”
“I think he went to the market and priced the cow, the cow was 250k and that is what he sent to me. But the story here is he was the governor but he had time to call me.”
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Kanayo was among those who drummed support for Obi during the 2023 presidential election.
The 61-year-old described Obi as one who is humble and gives a listening ear, adding that the former governor is the best man to fix Nigeria.