From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has warned his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, to desist from politics of falsehood.
the former Lagos State governor also advised Obi to canvass on issues and for once give his hollow campaign some credibility by refraining from telling lies.
Tinubu, in a statement by Director, Media and Publicity, APC presidential campaign council, Bayo Onanuga, claimed he was not in the same league with Obi by all leadership parameters.
Titled ‘Obi spins another lie about Asiwaju Tinubu’, the statement read: “Coming so soon after his gaffe and falsehood in accusing Tinubu of mobilising Yoruba voters not to support him, Obi is coming across as a dangerous politician and a demagogue capable of spewing all manners of lies just to get the votes.
“Already discredited with statistical lies and fallacies, Obi is now treading a new ground, spreading lies with unfounded claims on Asiwaju Tinubu’s health. A politician who left no worthy legacy in eight years as governor of Anambra state, who instead built his own family Next Cash and Carry retail mall in Port Harcourt and Abuja not in Awka, the capital of the state he governed, is latching on lies after lies to hoodwink his motley crowd of impressionistic and gullible followers.
“We must warn Peter Obi to desist from politics of falsehood. We advise him to canvass on issues and for once give his hollow campaign some credibility by refraining from telling lies.”
On allegations of Tinubu’s poor health, the statement said: “Incurable liar and presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi expanded his catalogue of lies by playing the medical doctor, declaring Bola Tinubu as unwell for the presidency.
“He even added most gratuitously that Asiwaju’s supporters are backing him for his money. We find these statements unbecoming of a man who nurses the ambition to be Nigeria’s next president.
“Since he is not Asiwaju’s doctor and is not privy to his medical record, Obi has again disgracefully elevated what has for long been a beer parlour gossip and social media lie being propagated by his IPOB supporters.”
Obi in his characteristic manner is amplifying falsehood which should not have a place in decent political campaign.”
Tinubu said he was healthy enough to run for the office of the president.