The media team of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has stated that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate does not appreciate opponents using facts and figures instead of mere rhetoric.
The team noted that Obi’s claims were verifiable and that they had been investigated by numerous analysts.
The Ob-Datti Media Office said in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday that it was aware of Tinubu and his party’s attempts to cast doubt on his counterpart, Obi’s, informed use of statistics, declaring that the APC candidate could not stand Obi’s statistics.
Tinubu claimed at a rally in Gbaramatu, Delta State, that Obi lied about his financial position.
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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