An ex presidential aide and sociopolitical analyst Reno Omokri has changed his tune at least fir the first time in several months to commend the consistency of Peter Obi when it comes to opposition.
Obi contested for the seat of the president in 2023 using the platform of the Labour Party. He lost the election which he said was rigged in favour of the All Progressives Congress. He has since been opposing and criticising the policies and programmes of President Bola Tinubu.
The APC has also not taken it with ease with him, often replies him and derided his ability to govern country.
On Friday, Omokri released a post on his Facebook account saying that there is virtually no other opposition in the country apart from Obi. He said that he admired the former governor of Anambra State for facing so many obstacles.
Omokri wrote, “Peter Obi is currently the Number One opposition figure in Nigeria. Bar none. Anybody in any opposition party who thinks that he is bigger than Obi right now is just deluded. The man, Obi, is severely flawed, but I admire how he has trudged on despite the obstacles he faces. Some people in one or two opposition parties have already been retired by Obi, but they just don’t know it yet because their money is keeping them on political life support.
“If only he could be less Igbo-centric, appeal to his Obidients to use persuasive rather than abusive words and admit, then apologise for his ‘Yes Daddy’ ‘religious war’ comment against the Muslim Ummah, he would go far. Those are his Achilles heel. He cannot cross the Rubicon without addressing them.”
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