Peter Obi Is A ‘Pathological Liar’, He Could Not Have Seen Flamingos – National Sports Commission DG

The Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, has described former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a “pathological liar” over his claim that Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials stopped him from greeting members of the victorious Flamingos team at the Abuja airport.

Obi had accused NFF officials of preventing him from welcoming the U-17 women’s national team after their return from Morocco, where they won the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

But Olopade dismissed the allegation, insisting that the circumstances surrounding the team’s arrival and departure from the airport made it impossible for Obi to have encountered the players as he claimed.

In a post on X, Olopade said the Flamingos arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 5:30 a.m., when it was still dark and domestic flight check-in activities had yet to begin.

He explained that the players passed through immigration and left through the underground exit of the international terminal.

According to him, Obi, who said he was at the domestic terminal to board an Enugu-bound flight, could not have seen the team from where he was.

“The plane landed at 5:30 a.m. It was still very dark. No local flight was checking in at that time. Even if they were checking in, there was no way Obi would have seen those children from where he was at the local airport,” Olopade said.

The NSC chief’s comments came in response to Obi’s account of the airport encounter, with the dispute raising questions over what happened during the team’s arrival.

TVC News Online reported that Obi claimed in a post on X on Monday that he had sought to welcome the young footballers following their World Cup triumph, but alleged that NFF officials prevented him from doing so.

He went further to accuse the NFF and the Presidency of playing Toxic Politics.