Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Thursday doubled down on rubbishing the figures and data constantly churned out by presidential candidate of the Labour Party LP, Mr Peter Obi to back up his claims and assertions.
Shettima asserted that the numbers and statistics being reeled out by Obi are dubious.
He made the assertion on Thursday at a One Day symposium organized by APC Professionals Forum tagged, “Dissecting the Asiwaju Manifesto, Renewed Hope 2023: Action Plan for a Better Nigeria”.
He told Nigerians that the choice before them as they head for the next general election is between light and darkness, noting that Obi is a good man who has nothing to offer but dubious statistics
He said; “Thirty years ago, you would see Babalawo (witch doctors) sacrificing black cows on along the shores of the Atlantic bar beach. Because of the quality of somebody’s ideas here we have the Eco Atlantic city that will give accommodation facility to 250,000 Nigerians. I spent a night in that edifice and it was amazing.
“When I first got a job in Lagos in 1999, I have to beg my mother for two weeks before he allowed to go. By then, the fear of Lagos for an average northerner was the beginning of wisdom. Before he allowed me to go they had to assemble a crowd of Marabouts to pray for my safety. That was how bad things were and I want you to compare the situation of things in Lagos 30 years ago and what is now. Now Lagos is safest state in West Africa. This is why leadership is very crucial for growth”.
Referring to Obi (whose baptismal name is Gregory) as ‘Gringori’, a comic character in the now-rested television series, ‘New Masquerade’, Shettima said; “What are the options available? Our political space is filled with a lot of very careful snails… We have to provoke conversation without descending so low to engage in malicious concoction or dubious aspersions on personalities. So what are the options available?
“Peter Gringori Obi is my friend but Gringori has absolutely nothing to offer apart from dubious statistics. So the choice before us, there is a difference between daylight and darkness.”
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