The Nigerian Presidency accuses Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), of hallucinating and presenting himself as if he were in a “political fantasy land” after he claimed he won the 2023 presidential election.
Both outlets report that the remarks come from Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications. The Presidency rejects Obi’s assertion and frames it as a misrepresentation of events, describing Obi’s position as politically arrogant and detached from reality.
While the accounts share the same core allegations and attribution, the outlets differ slightly in wording. Vanguard describes Obi as “fat on ambition” and “drunk on political arrogance,” whereas Daily Post Nigeria emphasizes “hallucinating” in relation to Obi’s election victory claim. Neither outlet provides new evidence or additional details beyond the characterization and the denial by the Presidency.
