Peter Obi Blasts Economist IU For Predicting Tinubu To Win At Tribunals

The Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) assessment on the outcome of the 2023 presidential election as “transactional work poorly done.”

According to newsmen, the unit projected in its report that the tribunal would not remove President Bola Tinubu.

The Obi-Datti Campaign Organization described the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) political prognosis on the final outcome of the 25 February presidential election, headed “When Brigandage Meets Merchantalism,” as disgusting in a statement to Newsmen.

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The council was perplexed as to why a well regarded analytical body would make such an illogical prediction.

“Every foreign and domestic observers’ report classified the election as egregiously flawed. Such contentions are sufficient grounds for the upturning of the election results by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) as sufficient evidence was provided to prove that the election was substantially flawed and did not meet the acceptable standard for a credible election,” it said.

The Obi-Datti group observes that the EIU’s prediction otherwise appears entirely self-serving and designed to satisfy the political interests and aspirations of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the report’s likely facilitator.

“This EIU prediction is beyond partisan; indeed, it is most disturbing and unacceptable,” it added.

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According to a statement issued on Monday by the campaign organization’s media aide, Diran Onifade, the EIU is attempting to pre-script a judicial conclusion by front-loading its proposed narrative.

The statement read: “It is clearly obvious that this EIU prediction is a paid-for-advert that canvasses the position of one party among many that vied for the presidential elections.

“Even though the EIU also referred to the APC reform agenda losing momentum, Nigerians are not deceived that such analysis is by any means altruistic, when clearly it is the other way round. It is very doubtful that the EIU would endorse the incredulous and shambolic conduct of INEC, had it happened within the United Kingdom or the European Union territory.

“Attempting to score cheap points with the passive mention of Mr. Tinubu’s low popularity at 37% of 27% voter turnout does not sufficiently capture the widely held view of proven election irregularities like never experienced in Nigeria’s history. Moreover, to opine that the Judiciary would do the unthinkable in the face of proven irregularities while it expects Mr. Tinubu’s reforms agenda to lose momentum, given his fast eroding low-level political capital, goes to show how much value the EIU places on Nigeria as a whole, along with its Judiciary. We reject such a damnable doctrine full of inconsistencies. While the EIU presumably might not mind ending up on the wrong side of events, we ask that it should henceforth endeavour to be impartial in its commentaries on Nigeria, or simply put up and shut up.

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“Obi-Datti Media office sees this report as not in the interest of Nigeria and inconsequential to the outcome of cases before their Lordship because they are learned and wise enough to discern Jacob’s hand in Esau’s clothing.

“We, therefore wish to ask EIU to stop staking their reputations by trying to drink from a broken jar which the APC represents in Nigeria’s democracy and endeavour to be impartial in their commentaries and always strive to be on the right side of history and avoid aligning itself with illegal, corrupt and criminal tendencies that harm and destroy our humanity. We urge that it should henceforth endeavour to be impartial in its commentaries on Nigeria.”

 

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