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Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has disclosed the reasons behind his ongoing vendetta against Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>
Speaking in an interview with News Central on Thursday, March 27, Omokri—who has repeatedly criticized Obi since his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Labour Party—revealed that he vowed to use all available political resources to counter the Obidient Movement.
According to him, members of the movement allegedly threatened his family, who currently reside in the United Kingdom.
“I took a vow to destroy that movement because Peter Obi was a project of mine,” Omokri stated. “Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, a former president, and I were tasked with promoting Obi because we believed he was a strong candidate. I personally invested my money in his promotion and played a key role in him becoming Waziri Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2019. I have records to back this up. Atiku cannot deny it, and neither can Peter Obi.”
Omokri claimed that Obi abandoned those who had supported him without prior notice when he left the PDP.
“He left the party suddenly, without informing us. Even if he had, we wouldn’t have followed him. We had our party and our candidate to support,” Omokri continued. “But after he left, his supporters—the Obidients—began attacking, insulting, and threatening me.”
According to Omokri, the situation escalated when threats were directed at his family.
“It was one thing to attack me, but they then targeted my wife and newborn daughter. There were multiple death threats. They even followed my wife and me while we were jogging in the UK, tracking our route and threatening us,” he alleged.
Omokri stated that he personally reached out to Obi about the threats, identifying a specific individual involved.
“I spoke to Peter Obi about it and even named the individual behind one of the accounts inciting violence. He put me on speakerphone, spoke to someone in the background, then told me he couldn’t condemn that person directly but would issue a general statement,” Omokri recounted. “That meant he knew who was behind the threats.”
He added that after repeated appeals to Obi to rein in his supporters failed, he decided to take action.
“When I saw that Obi would not control this violent, thuggish movement, I made the decision to use whatever political influence I have to dismantle it,” he concluded…CONTINUE READING>>
