Kwankwaso replies Shettima for calling Obi ‘master of bogus statistics’

The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has defended the celebration’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, following Vice President Kashim Shettima’s description of him as a “master of bogus statistics.”

Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, Kwankwaso mentioned individuals have been sure to make errors or expertise slips of the tongue.

Shettima had described Obi as a “master of bogus statistics and incoherent economic prescriptions.”

Reacting to the comment, Kwankwaso mentioned he recurrently listened to Obi and checked the figures he introduced, including that almost all of them have been right.

“I at all times hearken to Peter Obi and take time to test the statistics, and most of the figures are right. But the one factor is that, as human beings, we’re sure to make errors or slip of the tongue.

“So I am happy that our presidential candidate is somebody who is conversant with the statistics, not only in this country but all over the world; in Europe, in Asia and everywhere. And I think that is a good sign,” Kwankwaso mentioned.