The foremost presidential candidate in the country and highly-respected national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has thrown a subtle banter at the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively.
The former Lagos governor, during his speech at the Niger Delta Delta Stakeholders held in Gbaramatu, Delta State and the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom on his plans for the Gbaramatu community dismissed the chances of Peter Obi and Atiku as he tagged the former a purveyor of fake statistics saying derisively that “whether na statistics we go chop?”
His words: “You mentioned the issue of the deep sea port, the roads, the bridge, and the university, industrial park at Ogidigben. These are the things that came to your mind, Kabiyesi, and all of you here.
Attacking Atiku over his serial presidential bids, Tinubu said:
“Kabiyesi, Your Royal Highness, as I stand before you, there are few of us left running. One says he is Atiku. How many times has he been running? He’s always on the run and he’s tired. Tell him to go and sit down. Enough is enough.
The other one, he think na statistic we go chop. He lies with arithmetics that no Indian can ever solve. To mention his name is a disgrace to me sef. I won’t mention the name. Wrong arithmetic, wrong statistics, warehouse economy. That’s not what Nigeria needs.
“Kabiyesi, Your Royal Majesty, it was a joy to find one of my own blood being part of you from Badagry. So, what else do you need? you need honesty; you need the man who knows the road. That is me.”
Tinubu, who assured that his administration would consult with the monarch regularly, said, “Our brothers here, we will embrace them for the development of the area, the community of Gbaramatu, and other associated communities – economic development, progress, jobs for our youth, a promised tomorrow that is certain.
“A renewed hope is here standing before you. And I promise, with the support of God on my team that you will live long, you will live with prosperity,” he said.
