The former President Spokesman, Reno Omokri has berated the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi over his tweets, absolving the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) of responsibility for the ongoing sit-at-home order in the Southeast.
Omokri who took to his social media platform on Thursday to knocked the former Anambra State Governor, saying by absolving IPOB of this responsibility, Obi postured himself as if he was their Spokesman.
Earlier, Peter Obi spoke on the continuous high level of insecurity in the region and continued disruption of business and social activities in Southeast, absolved the group by saying the body has publicly denied issuing sit-at-home directive.
Omokri, reacting to this said further that this is a heartfelt message of concern, adding that Peter Obi ought to have condemned the sit-at-home, directive and the insecurity, loss of lives, livelihoods it is causing, and stopped there.
According to him, “Peter Obi should never have released that tweet where he absolved IPOB of responsibility for the ongoing sit-at-home in the Southeast. From the bottom of my heart, this is not a jibe. This is a heartfelt message of concern”.
The former Spokesman pressed on that Obi may be right or wrong. “But let IPOB speak for themselves. IPOB has a spokesman. Let the fellow do his job. It is not in the best interest of a politician aspiring to be Nigeria’s President to speak for a separatist body.
“If I were Peter, I would sack whoever counselled him to issue that tweet. Because his denial of IPOB’s responsibility would not be believed by an average Nigerian.
“Even Obidients from geopolitical zones other than the Southeast will not believe it. In short, it was just unnecessary. The only people it helped are IPOB”, Omokri added.
Peter Obi who in his tweets eventually called on security agencies to take necessary and quick steps to arrest insecurity because the country cannot just be spilling the blood of innocent citizens.
Adding that Nigerians as a people through its various governments should up its value for human lives in the way and manner werespond to the issues that touch lives.
“The implications of an insecure environment for development are far-reaching because no investor will consider going to an area where their resources will not be safe and secured”, the LP Presidential candidate said.
