On Wednesday, September 11, Temitope Ajayi, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu likened Peter Obi to former US President, Donald Trump.
TimesNow.com.ng reported that Obi was the flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election.
In a post shared on his X page on Wednesday, Ajayi weighed in on the US presidential debate held on Tuesday, September 10, between Trump, Republican candidate, and Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic candidate.
According to Ajayi:
Trump was constantly fact-checked by debate moderators but the former president instead reemphasized his assertions such as claiming that immigrants are eating dogs and pets of US residents, Daily Trust reported.
The Guardian and Channels TV also confirmed the development in its publication on Wednesday.
TimesNow.com.ng compiled a few reactions from the comment section on Ajayi’s page on X below;
@davechidozie tweeted:
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Vice President Kamala Harris has surpassed ex-President Donald Trump as the bookmaker’s favourite to win the November election, with a 51.8% chance of winning compared to Trump’s 46.9%.
This marks a significant shift in favour of Harris, with her chances rising by more than 4.5 points in the past 24 hours, while Trump’s have plummeted by four.
Harris is also widely seen as the winner of the first presidential debate, with Polymarket bookmakers giving her a 98% chance of being judged the winner.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
