Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has advised the North and Southwest not to be deceived into turning against President Bola Tinubu.

In a Facebook post, Omokri reminded the Southwest region, where Tinubu hails from, of how the North never disowned their own in the person of late President Muhammadu Buhari, despite his alleged misrule.

According to him, the Southwest should not abandon Tinubu, who has done well for the economy, just as the North never abandoned Buhari despite his poor economic policies.
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He wrote, "Why The North and Southwest Should Not Be Deceived into Turning Against President Tinubu.

"I remind the people of the Southwest that even when it was clear to the most biased and bigoted person that General Buhari had performed woefully, and had reduced the $510 billion economy he inherited from President Jonathan to less than half of that in 2019, Northern Nigeria did not abandon him.

"They massively voted for him in 2019.

"Not only did Arewa not abandon him, but the Lukumi Yoruba of the Southwest proved to be dependable allies of the late Buhari.
The Southwest gave 50% of their vote to General Buhari as against their in law, who was his main challenger.

"Additionally, Buhari won in Lagos with 53% of the vote. He also won in every Southwestern state except Ondo and Oyo.
With this in mind, the people of the Southwest should think hard and long. Then, they should ask themselves this question:

"If the North did not abandon Buhari, who reduced Nigeria's GDP by more than 50%, why should they forsake President Bola Tinubu, who has expanded Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product from a ₦269.29 trillion economy on May 29, 2023, when Asiwaju became President, to ₦372.8 trillion today?

"Nigeria under President Tinubu is progressing well, and even Northern Nigeria should return the loyalty that the Southwest showed to the North under Buhari.

"This is especially when Arewa takes cognisance of the fact that more than 60% of President Tinubu's student loan beneficiaries are from the North.

"This is even as some of the most expensive projects being undertaken by the Tinubu administration are in Northern Nigeria, including
* The 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway for ₦13 trillion
* The Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline for $2.89 billion or ₦4.5 trillion
* The Kano-Kaduna rail line at a price of $1.2 billion or ₦2 trillion
* The 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road is being constructed at a price of an estimated $750 million or ₦1.2 trillion
* The Kaduna Light Rail Project at an initial price of ₦100 billion
* The ₦824 billion Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina Road

"Not counting the Chief of Defence Staff, who is a Northerner, there are twenty Military, Security, Police and Law Enforcement agencies in Nigeria. And twenty-one men head these agencies. Out of those twenty-one, only five bodies are headed by the Southwest. The bulk of that number rightfully goes to the Northwest, and that geopolitical zone also occupies the choicest portions.

"Then, consider the love, honour, and almost deification that President Tinubu bestowed on General Buhari in death.
Northern Nigeria should realise that there is life after 2027. If they do not show solidarity to President Tinubu in 2027, it will create distrust in Nigerian politics because Southern politicians will subsequently be hesitant to reach and stand by agreements reached with the North.

"Vote for President Tinubu in 2027, and President Tinubu, God sparing his life, will ensure that power returns to Arewa in 2031, just as he did in 2015."

ASA