FCT, Abuja—Ahead of the 2027 election, Reno Omokri, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Tuesday, May 14, that no northern politician of standing “in his right mind” will run with Peter Obi.
Obi was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, in which he came third.
On his verified X (formerly known as Twitter) handle, Omokri said Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Nasir-El-Rufai will not run with Peter Obi.
Omokri’s comment comes a day after Obi visited Atiku in Abuja. Recall that Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the PDP for the 2019 presidential election.
The prominent social media personality and ex-presidential aide wrote on X:
Read Omokri’s full post below:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Obi said the “establishment of criminality” was responsible for the failure of the result viewing portal (IReV) portal and the purported failure of the INEC servers.
Obi, who insisted that the people must one day make it to work, explained that popular e-commerce company, Amazon, testified there were no glitches recorded globally on the day of the presidential election.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
