Media personality, Reno Omokri, has slammed Labour Party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for saying Nigeria is not progressing under president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Omokri fired back that it’s Obi’s presidential dream that has collapsed and not Nigeria.
He furthered that Obi’s visit to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday indicated Obi’s declining influence in the LP.
Obi, in the company of governor Alex Otti of state and some members of LP, submitted the Supreme Court’s judgment, sacking Julius Abure as the party’s national chairmanto the INEC’S headquarters in Abuja.
Earlier, Obi, while speaking at LP’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting maintained that Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and needs quick intervention.
In his response, Omokri said Obi is full of bitternes as he is blind to see all the development strides recorded under the current administration.
Posting on X, Omokri wrote: “No Bitter Obi, Nigeria is not collapsing. Instead, we are expanding. But bitter Agbotikuyo people like you are deliberately blind to it. For the first time ever, the Central Bank of Nigeria just posted a record surplus of $6.89 billion. Coming from a bank that used to post a $2 billion quarterly deficit under Buhari, that is expansion.
“Nigeria’s GDP grew by 3.84% in 2024, overtaking the U.S. and UK. That is expansion, not collapse.
“Lagos State’s economy grew from $100 billion under Buhari to $259 billion under Tinubu, despite you and Maryanne Moghalu championing “Invest in Lagos at your own peril”. That is expansion, not contraction, Peteru!
“The combination of the removal of fuel subsidies, flotation of the Naira, and reduction of our national debt has led to a situation where food prices are dropping slightly. At the same time, inflation reduced seismically from 34.80% to 24.48% in February 2025.
“That is granular and statistical evidence of expansion, not collapse.
“Under Tinubu, your state, Anambra, now receives almost triple what it got under Buhari. If you think that is a collapse, please urge your governor to return the difference to the federal government.
“And finally, the value of your shares in a bank, which I will not mention, increases by a factor of three. This means that even you are richer because of Tinubu!
“In conclusion, Peteru, the only thing that has collapsed is your presidential ambition, as your desperate outing at the INEC yesterday showed. You have lost control of your party and are now displaying symptoms of losing control of your mind.”
