Socio-political activist Reno Omokri has accused Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), of showing allegiance to the Biafra flag.
Omokri’s accusation follows Obi’s call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as well as EndSARS protesters and other detained freedom fighters.
Obi made this appeal to the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government while addressing journalists in Anambra State on Saturday.
Obi emphasized that protesters and freedom fighters have the right to express their grievances through protest.
In a post on his X page, Omokri criticized Obi, stating: “The ‘Release Nnamdi Kanu Now’ statement by Peter Obi is the obituary of Peter Obi’s presidential ambition.
By calling for the release of a man who made public broadcasts asking his supporters to kill Nigerian military and paramilitary forces wherever they find them and has neither apologized nor repented of that order, Peter Obi just showed his allegiance to the flag behind him in this photo and which he used for his Hero beer logo!”
Omokri added: “And by the way, anybody or group of people or movement that thinks they can intimidate me and prevent me from saying what I really believe at any point in time obviously does not know me.
My body does not secrete the fear hormone.”
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