Reno Omokri Mocks Peter Obi Over Poor Turnout At Kogi Rally

Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has mocked the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over the low turnout of supporters at the party’s rally in Kogi State, on Tuesday.

Naija News reports that unlike the massive turnout recorded in other states, the Kogi stadium was empty as one can literally count the people at the event.

Despite some photos online showing that the stadium was scanty, photos shared on Peter Obi‘s Twitter page showed that there was a huge crowd at the stadium.

Reacting to the development in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Thursday, Omokri claimed that less than 300 people turned up at Obi’s Kogi rally.

The controversial author said despite Kogi sharing a border with Anambra State where Obi was the governor for eight years, he could still not fill the rally venue.

He wrote: “Less than 300 people turned up at Peter Obi’s Kogi rally. To put this in perspective, note that Kogi shares borders with Anambra ant Obi governed Anambra for 8 years. So keep insulting people and using blackmailers styling themselves as ‘investigative journalists’.”

Less than 300 people turned up at Peter Obi’s Kogi rally. To put this in perspective, note that Kogi shares borders with Anambra ant Obi governed Anambra for 8 years. So keep insulting people and using blackmailers styling themselves as ‘investigative journalists’. #TableShaker

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) December 15, 2022

2023: My Visits To Churches Are For Prayers Not For Campaign – Peter Obi

Meanwhile, Obi has said his visits to churches are to solicit for prayers for his candidacy from worshippers and not campaign.

Naija News reports that Obi stated this in a statement issued by the Head of Media, Obi-Datti Campaign Organization, Diran Onifade, in Abuja on Thursday.

The statement said the former Governor of Anambra’s visits to churches were consistent with his ways, and not prompted by politics as claimed by opposition parties.

It also disclosed that Obi was not championing sectional or religious interests in his quest to be elected Nigeria’s next President in 2023, noting that his candidacy is being driven solely by a patriotic determination to birth a new Nigeria.

The statement said attempts to label the LP flagbearer as a champion of sectional interests in a bid to douse his current popular standing as the obvious choice of the majority of Nigerians will fail.

It noted previous efforts by Obi’s detractors to tag him as a mere social media candidate without any political structure on the ground failed, hence the new propaganda.