Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has accused presidential candidate Peter Obi of making reckless assertions regarding federal investment in sports.
Onanuga made the accusation in a post on X while reacting to Obi’s recent calls for increased federal funding and developmental commitment to the sports sector.
“Headlines don’t lie like Peter Obi lies, recklessly,” Onanuga wrote.
The presidential aide criticized Obi’s record as governor of Anambra State for eight years, alleging athletes representing the state faced poor welfare.
“His poor sports record as governor is well documented in the archives,” he stated, claiming physically challenged sportsmen and women in Anambra were treated “shabbily” under Obi.
Questioning the credibility of Obi’s recommendations on sports infrastructure and financing, Onanuga said:
“Today, he talks, very glibly, of course, about the need for the FG to invest in sport, when, as governor for 8 years, he treated Anambra sportsmen and women and even, unconscionably, the physically challenged sportsmen and women shabbily.”
