Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has come under fire from public affairs analyst Reno Omokri for allegedly failing to summon his Obidients, or supporters, to order.
Omokri claimed that all Nigerian figures, including Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, have been attacked by Obi’s fans.
According to prior news reports, Pastor Adeboye expressed hope on Sunday that Bola Tinubu, the incoming president, will improve Nigeria with God’s assistance.
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Pastor Dele Balogun, who serves as Adeboye’s Special Assistant, addressed on his behalf at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta during the regular Thanksgiving service.
However, the statement attributed to Adeboye outraged Obi’s followers, who called him insults on numerous social media sites.
Recall that Adeboye was dragged by Obi supporters prior to the election when they claimed that he had withheld his open endorsement of the former governor of Anambra.
Many of them thought that since the incoming First Lady is a pastor in the Christian leader’s church, he would be secretly endorsing Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.
In a post on his social media accounts on Tuesday, Omokri claimed that Adeboye, Wole Soyinka, and Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, were all insulted by Obi’s followers.
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“In Christianity, the most respected Nigerian is Pastor Adeboye. You may not like that it is a fact, but it is true. So respected is he that he was called ‘Daddy Adeboye’ by a British Prime Minister (David Cameron). In Islam, the most revered living Nigerian is Sarkin Musulumi, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto. So revered is he that Nigerian Presidents even bow to him.
“In academics, the most respected Nigerian national is Professor Wole Soyinka. The first Black African to have won a Nobel Prize in an academic category. So honoured is he that a former US President (Jimmy Carter) personally took his Green Card to him without him even applying for one.
“Each of these three national icons has been insulted publicly and carelessly by Obidients,” Omokri stated.
He lamented Obi’s reluctance to openly summon his followers to order and said he preferred to see the offended leaders in private so that he could say one thing inside and another outside.
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“Sadly, their leader is afraid of publicly calling them to order. And instead prefers to go privately to see people they insult to say one thing in private and then another in public.”
Omokri recalled his written exchanges with Peter Obi, saying the LP man “told me that the people insulting me were not Obidients but All Progressives Congress supporters pretending to be Obidients. How he felt I would be foolish enough to believe that beats my imagination.”
He lamented that the Obidients have forgotten history and are “making offensive images, songs, skits, and remarks against Pastor Adeboye, who has millions of loyal followers in Nigeria.”
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