Kwankwaso defends Obi over Shettima’s ‘bogus statistics’ jibe

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the vice-presidential campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has disagreed with Vice-President Kashim Shettima implicit his disapproval of Peter Obi’s usage of economical statistic and comparisons betwixt Nigeria and different countries.

Kwankwaso maintained that astir of the figures presented by Obi, the NDC statesmanlike candidate, were accurate, questioning Shettima’s portrayal of him arsenic idiosyncratic who relies connected questionable information and inconsistent economical proposals.

Shettima had criticised Obi connected Wednesday during the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council astatine the State House Banquet Hall successful Abuja.

In his remarks, the vice-president described Obi arsenic “my precise bully friend” but faulted his comparisons betwixt Nigeria and different countries, peculiarly Bangladesh.

Shettima argued that Nigeria’s circumstances differed importantly from those of Bangladesh and questioned the suitability of applying lessons from the Asian state to Nigeria.

However, Kwankwaso defended his main during an interrogation connected Channels Television connected Thursday, saying his reappraisal of the figures cited by the erstwhile Anambra State politician had not revealed wide inaccuracies.

“What other would you expect him to say?” Kwankwaso asked, reacting to Shettima’s remarks.

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