Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has expressed his belief that if the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, had not abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State would not have worked against the party.
News About Nigeria reports that Omokri stated that he personally contacted Obi to inform him that he and a former senator were working behind the scenes to present the same Atiku/Obi ticket for the 2019 presidential election.
In a recent statement, Omokri lamented Obi’s decision to leave the PDP and join the Labour Party (LP) despite being informed of the plans to present a united front against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He expressed disappointment in Obi’s actions and argued that a divided opposition would find it even more challenging to defeat the APC in the upcoming 2023 elections.
Omokri highlighted the importance of a united opposition in order to present a strong challenge to the ruling party.
He pointed out that if the opposition could not succeed in defeating the APC in 2019 when it was relatively more united, it would be even more difficult to achieve victory in 2023 with a fragmented opposition.
Speaking via Instagram, he wrote, “If a united opposition could not defeat the APC’s rigging machinery in 2019, how could a divided opposition do so in 2023? This is what I privately told Obi and publicly explained to Obidients. It is just common sense.
Obidients work themselves up to an emotional state and insult everybody without even trying to comprehend where people are coming from. Elections ate like war. You don’t do what you want to do. You do what you have to do to win.
“I privately explained to Peter Obi that a particular former Senator and I were working behind the scenes to ensure we presented the same Atiku/Obi ticket of 2019. If the Peoples Democratic Party had presented that ticket, Wike would not have had the moral authority to maintain his stance with the G-5, so he would not have openly worked against us, and no amount of rigging would have stopped our victory. We did not collect money from Obi. In fact, we spent our own money. He is alive.
“Sadly, while we were still working on our plans, boom, from nowhere, we saw on TV that Obi had left the PDP. Three days later, we also saw on TV that he had joined the Labour Party. The day Tinubu won the election was not on February 25, 2023. Tinubu became President on May 30, 2022, the day Obi won the Labour Party Presidential primaries.
“If the courts don’t overturn this opaque election and we Christians complain about marginalisation in the coming years, let us remember that we caused it. We are squarely to blame for allowing our emotions dictate our actions, while Muslims suspended their emotions and went for broke with brinksmanship.”
