Omokri attacks Obi over Tinubu's certificate scandal

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has tagged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the February 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, a pathetic desperado for suggesting that President Bola Tinubu’s certificate controversies had tainted the way Nigerians were seen globally.

PoliticsNow recalls that the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, addressed a press conference on Wednesday over the controversies surrounding the authenticity of the certificate that the president presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Mr Obi had suggested that the president’s failure to clarify his academic records had affected the country’s image, urging the president to come out plain to Nigerians and tell the truth about his academic record.

However, in response to Mr Obi’s claims, Omokri said: “Peter Obi is just a pathetic desperado. So, because of false allegations that President Bola Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University, the world now views Nigerians as fraudsters? Really? So, when President Obama faced false allegations of not being born in America, the world looked at all Americans as fraudsters?”

Recall that the registrar of Chicago State University had earlier confirmed that it did not issue the certificate that President Tinubu presented to INEC. The disclosure came as Mr Omokri continued to insist that he independently verified that President Tinubu attended CSU, which also the Registrar confirmed.