Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has declared that the ruling party will not allow Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi to get away with lies like he allegedly did in 2023.
In a tweet on X, Keyamo said Nigerians are now prepared to scrutinize claims made by Obi ahead of the 2027 election.
The Minister dismissed suggestions that the repeated attention on Obi amounted to an obsession with the former Anambra governor, saying the scrutiny was necessary to test the accuracy of his claims.
“I see some suggestions that everyone is obsessed about Peter Obi because we are always talking about him. I am sorry, but they miss the point,” Keyamo wrote.
He alleged that Obi made false claims during the 2023 election campaign but was not subjected to sufficient scrutiny at the time.
“When someone lies per second, you also have to fact-check him per second. He got away with the lies in 2023, but this time Nigerians are ready to fact-check every claim of the ‘yes-daddy’ man,” the Minister wrote.
Keyamo’s comments follows the recent contriversy trailing Obi’s administration as Anambra State Governor over a N2.1bn ecological funds and N75bn savings.
“Therefore, to put it simply, the amount of time we talk about Peter Obi is directly proportional to the amount of lies he tells,” he added.