{"id":167740,"date":"2025-06-30T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:02:43","slug":"omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi","title":{"rendered":"Omokri Warns North Against Supporting Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the North against backing the ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Peter Obi to clinch the opposition coalition\u2019s ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri alleged that Obi will not keep his promises to Northerners if they back him to become the coalition\u2019s flag bearer and eventual winner in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to Obi\u2019s remark that he would agree to be president for one term and handover to the North.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, however, noted that there was no agreement for a joint ticket with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Omokri warned that the North should expect the fate that befell Hausa Fulani\u2019s in Cameroon after Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned as president in 1982 if the region backs Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, he wrote: \u201cIf Arewa makes the mistake of backing the coalition and giving their Presidential ticket to Peter Obi, exactly what happened to Northern Cameroon after Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned on November 4, 1982, is what will happen to Northern Nigeria. Go back and study history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hausa and Fulani are the most marginalised ethnicities in Cameroon, and Paul Biya kept none of the promises he made to Ahidjo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho killed Ahmed Gulak in Owerri in May of 2021?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, millions of innocent Nigerian citizens will be forced to observe the infamous Monday sit-at-home in the Southeast. Has this same Peter Obi ever condemned IPOB or their sit-at-home?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMutanen Arewa may recall that in the most Islamic state of Nigeria, the seat of the Caliphate, Peter Obi named Ifeanyi Ezeagu as the state coordinator of his campaign for Sokoto. He also named John Ezeigbe the coordinator for Lagos state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is the man telling you to give him power, and he will do only one term?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man who could not keep a promise to Ojukwu will now stay true to his pledge to Arewa?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieve that, and prepare for the Cameroon treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omokri, however, assured the North that they have a friend in a Southerner, President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that Tinubu showed loyalty by standing with former President Bola Tinubu to emerge as president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the North against backing the ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Peter Obi to clinch the opposition coalition\u2019s ticket. Omokri alleged that Obi will not keep his promises to Northerners if they back him to become the coalition\u2019s flag bearer and eventual winner in 2027. He was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[254,568,222],"class_list":["post-167740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-omokri","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Omokri Warns North Against Supporting Peter Obi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the North against backing the ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omokri Warns North Against Supporting Peter Obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the North against backing the ex-Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-30T17:49:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-30T19:02:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1751297639.544791.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Omokri Warns North Against Supporting Peter Obi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-30T17:49:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-30T19:02:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1751297639.544791.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Omokri\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/omokri-warns-north-against-supporting-peter-obi\",\"name\":\"Omokri Warns North Against Supporting Peter Obi - 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