Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and a campaign adviser to Atiku Abubakar, accuses President Bola Tinubu’s administration of “voodoo economics.” Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Okonkwo says the government is manipulating economic data to present an inflation picture that he argues does not match Nigerians’ lived experience.
Okonkwo contends that inflation is not falling, pointing to rising fuel prices and increases in transport costs as evidence. He says the administration’s official assurances are meant to mask poor performance. Both outlets report the same core allegation and attribution to Okonkwo, including his call for Nigerians not to accept statements from the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).
While both articles emphasize the accusation itself, neither provides independent verification of the “voodoo” claim or detailed statistics beyond Okonkwo’s cited fuel-price comparison. The focus therefore remains on political criticism of the government’s inflation narrative rather than on an adjudication of economic indicators.
