Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the North against backing the ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi to clinch the opposition coalition’s ticket.
Omokri alleged that Obi will not keep his promises to Northerners if they back him to become the coalition’s flag bearer and eventual winner in 2027.
He was reacting to Obi’s remark that he would agree to be president for one term and handover to the North.
Obi, however, noted that there was no agreement for a joint ticket with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Reacting, Omokri warned that the North should expect the fate that befell Hausa Fulani’s in Cameroon after Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned as president in 1982 if the region backs Obi.
Posting on X, he wrote: “If 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.
“The Hausa and Fulani are the most marginalised ethnicities in Cameroon, and Paul Biya kept none of the promises he made to Ahidjo.
“Who killed Ahmed Gulak in Owerri in May of 2021?
“Today, 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?
“Mutanen 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.
“And this is the man telling you to give him power, and he will do only one term?
“A man who could not keep a promise to Ojukwu will now stay true to his pledge to Arewa?
“Believe that, and prepare for the Cameroon treatment.”
Omokri, however, assured the North that they have a friend in a Southerner, President Bola Tinubu.
He insisted that Tinubu showed loyalty by standing with former President Bola Tinubu to emerge as president.
