Arresting Peter Obi is Adding Insult to Injury – Reno Omokri

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has reacted to the call for the arrest of Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Recall that the spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, had called for the arrest of Peter Obi over comments he described as incitement and treasonable felony.

However, reacting to the development in a post on his Twitter handle, Omokri noted that such a move will add insult to injury.

According to him, the South East was already displeased with the power dynamics in the country, and arresting Obi would be tantamount to fanning the embers.

He wrote,

“Already, the South East feels left out in cold, and completely shut out of the power dynamic in Nigeria, with the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, despite a court judgment ordering his release. And now, Festus Keyamo wants to add insult to injury by calling for Peter Obi’s arrest? Is Nigeria deliberately provoking the Igbos or what?

“Nnamdi Kanu and Peter Obi are the most popular Igbo men on planet Earth. And Peter Obi happens to be massively popular beyond your Southeast. With Kanu in detention, the Southeast is under pressure, with one full day being lost to commercial activities every week.

“And now, Keyamo wants Peter Obi in jail? If either General Buhari or Bola Tinubu tries it, they may end up uniting Southern Nigeria behind Peter Obi, and they do not want that at all. In fact, very, very at all as the late Fela Kuti would say.”