London based Nigerian Author and Social Media Influencer, Reno Omokri has drawn concerns while faulting the choice of lawyers for the Labour Party, LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s legal team.
Reno in a series of tweets Saturday, accused the LP presidential candidate of nepotism while referring to him as “a worse southern version of Buhari,” who is Nigeria’s current president.
According to him, Peter Obi’s legal team which consists of twelve Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs all from the South Eastern part of the country and particularly the Igbo tribe, should have been “broadened,” giving legal practitioners from other regions a chance to also defend him as his votes at the just concluded elections did not come only from the favoured region.
“Peter Obi should have tried to broaden his legal team beyond his own tribe. He wants them to protect his votes in court. But those who voted for him are not exclusively Igbo. It will be hypocritical of me to criticise Buhari for nepotism and keep quiet about this!” Reno Omokri wrote.
Peter Obi should have tried to broaden his legal team beyond his own tribe. He wants them to protect his votes in court. But those who voted for him are not exclusively Igbo. It will be hypocritical of me to criticise Buhari for nepotism and keep quiet about this!#TableShaker pic.twitter.com/6hRmc6M4m8
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) March 11, 2023
“Obi’s list of SAN makes it look like he and tribalism are conjoined twins. He should do something about it. Those who made him win in Lagos, FCT, Plateau and Nasarawa are not just Igbos. He ought to put a few token non Igbos on his team for a semblance of unity.” He added.
Reacting to trolls from the Obidients camp who commented on his tweets, the former Special Assistant to Nigeria’s ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan tweeted again.
“Look at their reaction to Obi’s lopsided legal team. Rather than accept that their hero erred, Obidients are justifying it by saying he chose people he can rely on. Then why did they troll Buhari? After all Buhari can make the same argument for his nepotism!”
“By the composition of Obi’s legal team, it is safe to say Nigeria dogded a Rwandan style bullet by not electing him president. Now I see why he appointed an Igbo Christian as Labour’s State coordinator for Sokoto. Obi is just a worse southern version of Buhari!.” He added.
Recall that Peter Obi among other candidates who contested for the seat of the presidency at the recent 2023 elections and some Corporate Social Organizations, CSOs have taken to court, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, challenging it’s declaration of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner.
While all candidates have equally assembled their legal teams, a former lawmaker and spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Malaye in a related post said his principal, “Atiku Abubakar’s legal team is the only Presidential legal team that cuts across the six geopolitical zones.”
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