Posted by Chinenye on Wed 30th Sep, 2026 - tori.ng
Peter Obi has called for more government money to go into sports, but Bayo Onanuga is not having it.
(Bayo Onanuga. Photo by The Sun Nigeria)
President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has accused NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi of lying recklessly over his comments on Federal Government investment in sports.
He made the claim in a post on social media while reacting to Obi's call for more government spending in the sector.
Onanuga wrote that headlines do not lie the way Obi lies, recklessly.
He also attacked Obi's record on sports during his eight years as governor of Anambra State, saying the state's sportsmen and women were poorly treated and that this is well documented in the archives.
He further alleged that physically challenged athletes in Anambra were treated shabbily under Obi.
He questioned why Obi now speaks so easily about the need for the Federal Government to invest in sports when, in his view, he treated athletes badly as governor.