Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has predicted that Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will lose Lagos and the South-South in the 2027 general election.
In a statement on Sunday titled Why Peter Obi Will Lose Lagos and the South-South in 2027, Omokri argued that Obi’s recent statements and political decisions have alienated key regions that previously supported him.
According to Omokri, Obi performed well in Lagos and the South-South during the 2023 presidential election but has since lost goodwill in both zones.
He stated that the former Anambra governor’s criticism of federal infrastructural concentration in Lagos has damaged his chances among voters in the state.
Quoting Obi, Omokri recalled his statement that “Nigeria’s infrastructure investment remains excessively concentrated in Lagos, often at the expense of other(s)”, describing it as a “threat to the economic interests of Lagosians.”
“A good politician would protect his base,” Omokri wrote, explaining that Lagos voters would not support a candidate perceived as opposed to their development priorities.
“What Obi, in essence, was saying to Lagosians who voted for him in 2023 is that if they repeat their voting pattern in 2027 and he wins, he would stop the infrastructural development of Lagos and take it elsewhere.
“That statement was a threat to the economic interests of Lagosians. Lagosians are sophisticated voters. They will never forget the unspoken threat implicit in Peter Obi’s statement on Friday, October 24, 2025. You cannot expect people to vote against their own economic interests.”
He likened Obi’s situation to the backlash faced by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2012 after removing fuel subsidies on New Year’s Day, noting that “people do not vote against their own economic interests.”
Omokri further criticised Obi’s alleged opposition to the ₦15 trillion 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, saying it has weakened his support in the South-South.
Omokri argued that the project is widely celebrated in the region and that Obi’s resistance to it shows a lack of political tact.
“By coming out against a project that is popular in the region, one that would cut travel time to and from the South-South, and asking the President to cancel, how does Peter Obi expect the South-South to go against their own economic interests by voting for him?
“Why didn’t Peter Obi ask the President to cancel the contract for the Southeastern railway corridor?
“It is like knowing that a man wants to cut your head and still going ahead to give him a machete!”
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