Nigeria, July 28 -- The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of "overfeeding" Nigerians with wrong statistics to hide the country's economic woes.

In a post on his X handle on Monday, Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, recalled how Mr Tinubu, during his presidential campaign in 2022, mocked him for his frequent reference to statistics on developmental issues.

The former Anambra governor, in the X post, claimed that Mr Tinubu has resorted to use of "wrong statistics" to defend his administration, citing the recent rebasing of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

"President Tinubu is now overfeeding Nigerians with wrong statistics from wrong unemployment figures, wrong in...