Claim: "If you look at basketball players in the USA NBA, out of every 150 players, Nigerians are 100.”

- Peter Obi

Video: https://twitter.com/alabiopeyemiola/status/1551845925299134464

Stitisense Verification:
NBA INT'L PLAYERS 2021/22

109 international players from 39 countries

Top 8...
1 Canada — 18
2 France — 7
3 Australia — 7
4 Germany — 7
5 Nigeria — 5
6 Serbia — 5
7 Spain — 5
8 Turkey — 5

5 other players have ties to Nigeria

https://twitter.com/StatiSense/status/1551873410627772416?t=9PmowEd30rIMO8IP8vOa2g&s=19


Verdict: Peter Obi lied

Lol

HIM TU LIE

Peter Obi told us that about 100 in every 150 NBA players are Nigerians, implying that about 67% of NBA players are Nigerians. The recurring inaccuracies in his stats speak a great deal about his intellectual ability.

e-king

A simple google search would show you in the 2020 NBA draft of the world, Nigeria had a whooping record breaking 8 draft, 5 in 2017 That is the fact Obi was pointing out. He was clamouring on the zeal of the youths and brain drain currently happening.

Now, Has your candidate shown anything of concern about Nigeria other than corn and cassava.. infact, he said the FX is not his problem as long as salaries are paid in naira.. its horrible knowing some persons fight really hard to destroy their future. It quite unfortunate that our futures are intertwined with these lots through a common leader.

Before nko?

Na Brazen Liar He be

Just wait till his zombies get here, they will even argue you got it wrong intentionally because you are a tribalistic bigot, then they begin to throw the term 'URCHIN/URCHINS' about!

Peter Obi should be tested for drugs.

Typical sophistry!

I have been seeing this rubbish on facebook too, this is why urchins are happy, its obvious OBi isnt conversant with basketball, what OBi said is what we call an innocent lie moreover what has this rubbish gat to do with his ambition.
So because peter Obi goofed on this I should vote Tinubu or Atiku abi? If Obi lied so be it, who has never lied amongst your candidate should come out, even the rubbish urchin that pushed this to front page has your darling BAT come out for any Interview?

We are talking about National politics these dumbos are talking about NBA, what has this rubbish stats help solve Nigerians problem, is it NBA that will change our nation Nigeria?
If e sure for urchins urge your Tinubu make e come interview if e sure for am? Awon omo ase.

Rubbish news.

At least his emphasis is justified. If those percentage plus those others that have ties with Nigeria play for Nigeria they will make Nigeria proud

Sound Man

I listened to the video, he never used "every". He used "almost" and he was merely giving an instance.

For those quoting me, I hope you know that truly there have been more than 150 Nigerians in the NBA?

https://basketball.realgm.com/national/countries/39/Nigeria/nba_players

So are there only 109 players in the NBA?

Happy to still see there are about 10 out of 109

Yes he lied. But at least he made us to understand that we have Nigerians in the NBA. Sincerely I didn't even know we had a single Nigerian there

*Modified*
All those BAT supporters quoting me, can you mention how many Nigerians are playing international cricket without googling now? I beg make una leave me. I have never had a single interest in basketball since I was in secondary school. Not a single. It doesn't add money into my account. Cikina

This man dey lie too much with fake stats. He should reduce talking.

Until Tinubu appear for interview, make una leave our Obi for us

Esseite:
Has your candidate shown anything of concern about Nigeria other than corn and cassava.. infact, he said the FX is not his problem as long as salaries are paid in naira.. you do have a long way to go..

The thread is not about the agbado man, it is about your candidate and his statistical fail.

Whataboutism won't help you here.

(FYI, I hate APC, and PDP...so don't go there).

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Atiku: I will privatize electricity company and so on..

Tinubu: I will recruit Nigerians to farm agbado

Obituary aka Obi him tu lie: add China plus Japan, multiply it by Korea, then subtract Germany you get the square root of Nigeria

You should do your fact check on their root. You only checked their nationalities.

There are only two presidential candidates, Obi and others.
They didn't see this coming

The man just lie too much,its in his blood

U cant use this against him

Even before I click on d thread, I dun already doubt d figure, just that dis ting cum show say Obi sabi waiting dey xup for life, for en mind to enter NBA, means baba no dey behind at all and that's one advantage of having a young and vibrant man as manager of ur company not person wey no fit raise hand and leg

He did not lie. He only made a false claim.

Aluye:
This man dey lie too much with fake stats. He should reduce talking.

Do you have anything to prove him wrong

Obi is right. Obi can never be wrong.

Fact is wrong.


Obi has spoken. We zombidiot must agree.

May your life be like the present day Nigeria if u still support APC or have it in mind to vote Dem again