Arthur Eze

Prince Arthur Eze (born 27 November 1948) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and oil mogul, founder and CEO of Atlas Oranto Petroleum, and pro-chancellor of Peaceland University, Enugu.

Quotes

• My father was a member Eastern Nigeria House of Chiefs during the time of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Premier Michael Okpara. I used to open doors for politicians whenever they came around. I was very small then. My father never opposed any leader, be he a Yoruba or Hausa. It is not in our blood. We preferred to live in peace with everybody.

• He also called Governor Solomon Lar and he gave me $12 million contract for Plateau TV. It was the same thing in Katsina, Borno and Kaduna. Then, they put me in oil business. They didn't care where I came from. Tell me any Igbo man who can do that.

• It is President Buhari that is tarring our roads now. Look at Enugu-Onitsha Road, Enugu-Port Harcourt Road, Second Niger Bridge. He modernized Zik's grave. Did Jonathan do that? Jonathan's people even wrote petition against him.

• Abia is stinking. Right from the Abia Tower in Umuahia, the rot hits you. Abia State is now the dirtiest in the country. Garbage everywhere, along with bad roads. The people are really suffering, and you see it in their faces. What are the senators, the members of House of Representatives and other elected people doing? Nothing.

• Babangida has no enemy. He made all of us.

• God doesn't make mistakes. That man, Tinubu, was created for a purpose. God gave him the power to change lives. He has no enemies, he is a unifier who leads with humility and honesty.