An haife shi a ranar 19 ga watan Yulin 1961. Sannan ɗan siyasan Nijeriya ne kuma ɗan kasuwa wanda ya kasance ɗan takarar mataimakin shugaban ƙasa a babban zaɓen Nijeriya na 2019 a ƙarƙashin Jam’iyyar Democratic Party. Ya kasance tsohon gwamnan jihar Anambra yana aiki daga ranar 17 ga Maris 2006 zuwa 2 ga Nuwamba 2006, lokacin da aka tsige shi kuma daga 9 ga Fabrairu 2007 zuwa 29th na Mayu 2007 bayan tsige shi.  Kodayake an sake yin sabon zabe a ranar 29 ga Afrilu 2007, amma an sake nada shi gwamna a ranar 14 ga Yuni 2007 bayan hukuncin kotu cewa a ba shi damar kammala wa’adin shekaru hudu. Ya yi nasara a ranar 6 ga watan Fabrairun 2010 a karo na biyu a matsayin gwamna. An haifi Peter Obi a ranar 19th na Yuli 1961 a Onitsha.  Ya halarci kwalejin Christ the King, Onitsha, inda ya kammala karatun sakandare.  An shigar da shi a Jami'ar Nijeriya, Nsukka, a 1980, ya kammala karatunsa tare da BA (Hons) a falsafa a 1984.