The Presidency has compared Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi to the former United States (US) President, Donald Trump.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Temitope Ajayi made the comparison on Wednesday following the US presidential debate between Trump and Kamala Harris that was held on Tuesday night.
Mr. Ajayi opined that both Obi and Trump resort to negative rhetoric to amass voter sympathy.
He wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) handle: “Peter Obi is the Nigeria version of Donald Trump. Like Obi, Trump will use the most negative epithets imaginable to describe a country he wants to lead again just to make a point and rile up his base.
“Kamala Harris prosecuted Trump very well in their first face to face debate yesterday night. Kamala convincingly won the debate and left no one in doubt about his capacity.”
Ajayi added: “Vice President Harris knew Trump’s weakness and set traps for him. Trump fell for her baits. Both candidates have been fact-checked on their claims in the debate.
“While Harris was reported to have made just one incorrect claim, Trump made 33 false claims in the same 90 minutes debate.”
