By Chioma Onwe
The former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has launched a scathing attack on the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, branding him a liar who deliberately misleads Nigerians with distorted statistics.
Omokri accused Obi of exploiting the ignorance of Nigerians regarding facts to “play Yahoo Plus” on them.
The former presidential aide was reacting to Obi’s claim that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has borrowed more than previous governments.
Reacting, Omokri described Obi’s assertion as part of a long string of falsehoods attributed to his name.
Omokri wrote on X,
“Yesterday, during his Democracy Day address, Peter Obi, ever the manipulator, used the Naira equivalent of our total public debt to deceive Nigerians and make it seem as though President Bola Tinubu had increased our debt. Actually, Peter Obi lied, and when he lies, he speaks his native language.
“Yes, in Naira terms, our total public debt looks as if it has increased. That is because the floatation of the Naira by President Bola Tinubu and the withdrawal of the $1.5 billion used to subsidise the Naira monthly by the Buhari regime made the Naira drop from between N450 to N550 to $1, to about N1565 today.
“Peter Obi knows this. But he is a liar and manipulator, who counts on your ignorance of the fact to play Yahoo Pl
us on you.”