Former Presidential spokesman Reno Omokri has vowed that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi will never smell the country’s presidential seat.
Making this vow in the wake of the verdict of the Presidential Election Tribunal that struck out Obi’s petition against President Bola Tinubu, Omokri said he was waiting for the 2027 and 2031 elections, pledging that Obi will never smell the presidency seat.
“Peter Obi, I am waiting for you in 2027 and 2031. God sparing my life. Because of what you mannerless fascist horde did to my then one-year-old daughter and the rest of my family, I have vowed that you will never smell the Presidency,” Omokri said.
The former presidential spokesman further said that he would do it to ensure that Nigeria “never makes the mistake of electing Obi as her President, now and forever.”
News About Nigeria recalls that Omokri has been very critical of the presidential ambition of the former Anambra Governor.
Omokri had recently claimed that the Labour Party presidential candidate bribed Arise TV reporter Rufai Oseni to distort information in his favour.
Omokri made this allegation after Chicago State University agreed to release the academic record of President Bola Tinubu against claims by Rufai that the University said Tinubu never graduated from the University.
The former presidential spokesman had earlier on Wednesday predicted that the PEPT verdict would favour one of President Bola Tinubu or Atiku Abubakar.
He further suggested that Peter Obi stood no chance at the tribunal.
Peter Obi had petitioned the tribunal to invalidate the election that saw Tinubu emerge as the country’s president on grounds of
