The media team of the presidential candidate of Labour
Party, Peter Obi, has stated that the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress does not appreciate facts and figures used by opponents
in place of mere rhetoric.
The team noted Obi’s claims were verifiable, and that many
analysts had been on them.
In a statement made available on Sunday, the Ob-Datti Media
Office said it noted the attempts by Tinubu and his party to cast aspersions on
the informed use of statistics by his counterpart, Obi, declaring that the APC
candidate could not stand Obi’s statistics.
Tinubu had said at a rally in Gbaramatu, Delta State that
Obi lied with figures.
He described him Obi as a man that was not wanted by
Nigerians because “he lies with arithmetic that no mathematician can solve.”
“To mention his name is a disgrace to me. He gives out wrong
arithmetic and wrong statistics on the economy. That is not what Nigerians
want. Nigerians need honesty, they need the man who knows the road to take, and
that man is me,” Tinubu stated.
Responding further, Obi team stated the LP candidate was
brimming with practicable ideas and was demystifying electioneering rhetoric by
employing simple facts and figures in his campaigns. “Providing the numbers
shows Obi’s preparedness for the high office of the President if and when hired
by Nigerian voters come 2023.”
The Obi-Datti Media Office claimed it was aware of the
inability of some runners in the presidential race to cope with Obi’s speed and
deep knowledge of issues. “This has resulted in a grand design to distract his
focus from the issue-driven campaigns which are resonating very well with Nigerians
who are ready and committed to taking back their country from forces that have
held it down over the years.
“Our candidate has said repeatedly that his assertions were
verifiable and dared anybody with contrary facts and figures to come up.
Analysts, media houses, and opponents have formed fact-checking units in their
organisations ostensibly to contradict Obi’s facts and figures.
“The acceptable mantra is always if you can’t beat them join
them, but in Nigerian politics, the reverse is the case: if you can’t beat them
pull them down. That is what Obi’s opponents who cannot cope with his deep
know-how about the economy are doing,” the team said, alleging that “the fact
that the APC man has questionable bio-data has left the electorate guessing his
real age and health status.”
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