₦airaland Forum

happney65:
Okay,let your tinubu come out and address Nigerians like that with no prepared speech or anything and I'll give you 100K

If he can do it this month

Your time starts NOW.

Peter Obi made some serious claims here:

1. The University of Southern California has a faculty where everyone is an ex-convict (lecturers including professors)

2. He spent days with them

3. The dean of the faculty spent 28 years in jail

4. The registrar has spent years in… pic.twitter.com/8P0qZvqHYl

— Bayo Bilisi (Back Up) (@Bayo_Bilisi) June 15, 2026

CharlesCNG:
Yes, I can cite other examples, and that is exactly the point.

Nobody is saying human beings do not make mistakes. The issue is that Peter Obi has built a whole political brand around “Go and Verify,” data, figures, examples and global comparisons. Once you make statistics your selling point, accuracy stops being optional.

This is not about one harmless slip. He once claimed that almost 100 out of 150 NBA players were Nigerians. That was fact-checked as false. He claimed Nigeria’s total exports in 2021 were below $30 billion. That was also fact-checked as false, because the figure was closer to $47 billion. He claimed Nigeria had only two million vehicles in 2018. NBS data put the figure at over 11 million. He has also made misleading comparisons on African trade, bank credit to GDP, and even HDI categories involving China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Nigeria.

So please, let us not pretend this is one innocent exaggeration about a faculty.

The problem is the pattern: Obi often uses dramatic examples and loose figures to create moral authority. Then when the facts are checked, his supporters say, “That was not the main point.” But if the details are not important, why use them to sell the point?

A man asking to govern over 200 million people cannot be defended with “everybody exaggerates.” Governance is not motivational speaking. Policy is built on facts, not vibes.

So yes, prison reform is a valid point. Ex-convict rehabilitation is a valid point. But a valid message does not excuse careless embellishment.

When your campaign slogan is “Go and Verify,” you should not be offended when people actually verify.

Pious101:
Are U asking of what use is a model which he has observe?

If U had listen with open mind U will know that he is stating that going to prison shouldn't being the end of ones career, ambition or desire of what one should be.

He is stating that institution create an avenue where ex-convict who have been rehabilitated can also work within an environment without stereotype.

You are an ediot just like Obi

Now as a presidential candidate who have studied d model, he intend to introduce such a system in Nigeria.

favor914:
Ok, of what use is that to us?

CharlesCNG:
My friend, I am beginning to think you people are determined to prove my thesis better than I ever could.

I discussed Peter Obi.

You replied with Tinubu, cassava, agbado and gaffes.

You asked for balance, but immediately changed the subject.

If Obi’s record is strong, defend it.

Give the statistics.

You asked me to balance my perceptions. Fair enough.

But tell me, why must balancing Peter Obi's record involve changing the subject to Tinubu?

“what about Tinubu?” is not a defence of Peter Obi.

It is deflection.


The inability to discuss Peter Obi without immediately [b]suffering a Tinubu reflex [/b]should be studied by psychologists.

Drfernandez:
I am not the cause of your lack of comprehension and frustration in general. I suggest you look for your mates to engage because I don't have spare time for nonsense.

Peter Obi made some serious claims here:

1. The University of Southern California has a faculty where everyone is an ex-convict (lecturers including professors)

2. He spent days with them

3. The dean of the faculty spent 28 years in jail

4. The registrar has spent years in… pic.twitter.com/8P0qZvqHYl

— Bayo Bilisi (Back Up) (@Bayo_Bilisi) June 15, 2026

AlbertNewton:
You have a point, a very valid one at that. But rather than crucifying Obi based on minor, insignificant details like this, you should focus on his overarching passion, mission and vision , the stuff that really matters in transforming a nation.
Obi is a human and will sometimes make mistakes, like everyone of us.
Obi is a politician and will sometimes do things for political reasons, like all politicians.
Where Obi stands out is in his burning passion to see the country become better , which is a rare trait in the crop of politicians leading us today. This is what makes us love Obi, organically.

freshvine:
What i am saying is that Peter Obi with all his inaccurate statistics is better than the man in Aso rock he want to replace

So let cut Peter a slack

Goodvibes007:
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CharlesCNG:
What you are saying is that, in your opinion, Peter Obi—with all his inaccurate statistics, questionable record in office, political inconsistency, frequent platform-hopping and tendency towards exaggeration—is still better than the man in Aso Rock.

Fair enough.

What I am saying is that, in my opinion, he is not.

And that is precisely why elections exist.

You are entitled to overlook what you consider minor flaws because you believe his strengths outweigh them.

I am equally entitled to conclude that a man who repeatedly stretches facts, changes platforms with remarkable ease, struggles to build durable coalitions, inspires more passion than structure, and whose supporters often mistake emotion for argument, is not the answer to Nigeria's problems.

You call him intelligent. I see poor judgment.

You call him consistent. I see political opportunism.

You call him a man of integrity. I see a politician who enjoys the benefit of lower standards from his admirers.

You call his movement organic. I see a protest movement still searching for a governing philosophy.

Neither of us is obliged to surrender our judgment to the other.

But one thing is certain: supporting Peter Obi is not synonymous with intelligence, patriotism or morality. It is simply a political preference.

And like every political preference, it is open to criticism.

After all, democracy does not require me to share your conclusions. It merely requires me to respect your right to hold them.

Likewise, you should respect mine.

aswani:
For the first time ever, I am tired of saying how wonderful someone's lengthy posts are

Obidients will hopefully not wear you down (or out) as the've done to other erudite posters who have now had to repeatedly block them.

Super work anyway.

Edit: You registered over a year ago, how comes I am only just noticing you and your sterling posts?

BluntCrazeMan:
Let me understand this post very well..

The University which Peter Obi was trying to describe actually exists, but he mixed-up the names of the University and inserted the name of another University there?

Then it is a Mix-Up,, and not a LIE.

According to the post, if he said California State University - he would been correct.

CharlesCNG:
What you are saying is that, in your opinion, Peter Obi—with all his inaccurate statistics, questionable record in office, political inconsistency, frequent platform-hopping and tendency towards exaggeration—is still better than the man in Aso Rock.

Fair enough.

What I am saying is that, in my opinion, he is not.

And that is precisely why elections exist.

You are entitled to overlook what you consider minor flaws because you believe his strengths outweigh them.

I am equally entitled to conclude that a man who repeatedly stretches facts, changes platforms with remarkable ease, struggles to build durable coalitions, inspires more passion than structure, and whose supporters often mistake emotion for argument, is not the answer to Nigeria's problems.

You call him intelligent. I see poor judgment.

You call him consistent. I see political opportunism.

You call him a man of integrity. I see a politician who enjoys the benefit of lower standards from his admirers.

You call his movement organic. I see a protest movement still searching for a governing philosophy.

Neither of us is obliged to surrender our judgment to the other.

But one thing is certain: supporting Peter Obi is not synonymous with intelligence, patriotism or morality. It is simply a political preference.

And like every political preference, it is open to criticism.

After all, democracy does not require me to share your conclusions. It merely requires me to respect your right to hold them.

Likewise, you should respect mine.

freshvine:
You win.

Let vote for a convicted drug baron lacking requisite educational background and very incoherent in speech Delivery, let vote your agbado master