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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the biggest beneficiary of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Omokri who disclosed this via his Facebook page, Wednesday said the votes Obi will likely get are votes that would have naturally gone to PDP.<\/p>\n

He said the Obedient has been blinded by uncontrollable emotion, adding that \u201cTinubu is a master tactician. He knows Peter Obi cannot win. And he knows that very, very little of Peter\u2019s votes, if any at all, will come from him. He is aware that Peter is eating into the PDP\u2019s votes\u201d.<\/p>\n

Omokri wrote \u201d the biggest beneficiary of Peter Obi\u2019s Presidential race is Tinubu, not Obidients. Peter won\u2019t affect APC\u2019s votes. The votes he will likely get are votes that would have naturally gone to PDP, including in the Southeast, some non-Yoruba Lagos votes, a chunk of Benue votes, and a few votes in peripheral states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of hysteria, which has blinded the eyes of the core Obidients. That uncontrollable emotion makes them blind to a lot of things. One of which is that the Yoruba have never voted for a non-Yoruba when a Yoruba is in the race. It does not matter whether or not they like the person.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother is that the Hausa and Fulani have only ever voted for a Muslim, whether he be from the North or South. You might raise the issue of Jonathan. I was one of the strategists behind President Jonathan\u2019s 2011 victory and we lost in the North. What we were looking for was 25%, which we got in 2011, but could not get in 2015. In fact, we got less than 20% in Kano, Bauchi, and Yobe in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cTinubu is a master tactician. He knows Peter Obi cannot win. And he knows that very, very little of Peter\u2019s votes, if any at all, will come from him. He is aware that Peter is eating into the PDP\u2019s votes. So, he will promote Obi\u2019s candidacy through proxies. Because that is one of his paths to victory! All he would ask from his Southeast foot soldiers is that they should get him 25% of the votes in at least 2 Southeastern states. And he will get it in Imo and Ebonyi, by hook or crook.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the biggest beneficiary of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi\u2019s race. 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