Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has expressed his belief that President-elect Bola Tinubu is a superior politician and resource manager compared to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
Omokri justified his statement by citing Tinubu’s track record as the former governor of Lagos State. He highlighted Tinubu’s accomplishments in terms of developing human resources, infrastructure, and increasing the internally generated revenue of Lagos.
Although Omokri acknowledged that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, was the best candidate in the 2023 elections, he personally favored Tinubu over Osinbajo and Obi.
Omokri shared his views in a Twitter post on Wednesday, responding to Obi’s statement questioning why the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not nominate Osinbajo as its presidential candidate.
Furthermore, in his analysis, Omokri noted that Nigeria experienced two economic recessions during President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, in which Osinbajo played a significant role, whereas Tinubu, as a two-term governor of Lagos, implemented innovative projects.
He said, “I’m afraid I have to disagree with Peter Obi that Osinbajo is better than Tinubu. Look at Nigeria in the last eight years. What was Osinbajo’s impact?
“The reason why Peter Obi lives in Lagos and not in Anambra, where he was Governor for eight years, is because Tinubu performed as Governor of Lagos, though he also lined his pocket.
“As Governor, Tinubu built new cities from scratch, ports, rail infrastructure, roads, hospitals, industries, independent power stations, paid civil servants, and mentored men like Osinbajo, Fashola, Aregbesola, Fayemi, Akabueze and co, who are now movers and shakers. He also increased Lagos’s internally generated revenue by 360%.
“In contrast, what did Osinbajo and Obi achieve while in power? Osinbajo and Buhari gave us two recessions, while Peter Obi’s singular boast is the beer factory, in which he had a personal investment, and saving the then equivalent of almost $400 million of Anambra money in a bank where he had significant interest in and was its former chairman. Every time that money yielded interest, Obi personally benefited in the millions of dollars!
“Tinubu may be a drug lord, and I will never have anything to do with such a vile person. However, put Osinbajo and Obi together and multiply them by 10, and Tinubu is still better than them in managing men and resources.”