Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has in a Father's Day message described ex-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the father of lies.

According to him, if the Attorney General does not prosecute Peter Obi for his lies against Nigeria, he will never stop lying.

This was as he blamed President Bola Tinubu for being too lenient. saying if he does not make a scapegoat out of fake news peddlers, they will eventually do irreparable damage to Nigeria's economy.

He further said, "For example, the lie that Peter Obi told during his so-called June 12 National Broadcast (which is actually the prerogative of the President), stating that 'this government has, within two years, borrowed far more money than the administrations of President Umaru Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan, and President Muhammadu Buhari combined', should have led to his prosecution for cybercrimes and economic sabotage.

"President Bola Tinubu has actually reduced our national debt from $108.2 billion on May 29, 2023, to $94.2 billion today.
This information is publicly available and verifiable from the Debt Management Office's website, and if Peter Obi does not trust the DMO, he can consult the International Monetary Fund's website.

"In Nigeria's history, only two civilian governments have been able to reduce the nation's indebtedness: the Obasanjo administration and now the Tinubu government.

"This is not the first time Peter Obi has told such monumental Goebbelsian lies targeted at destroying Nigeria's image.
Prudent Nigerians may recall that Peter Obi kicked off his 2025 lying season with the New Year with Gbajue, saying that the National Grid had collapsed, when, in fact, it had not collapsed, and was instead experiencing increased capacity. When his lie was exposed, Peter Obi was forced to apologise. But it is a pattern with him.

"In 2024, Peter Obi began the New Year by lying that Tanzania had produced so much energy that it had met all its power needs and had to shut down its dams.

"Tanzania shut its dams after Cyclone Hidaya flooded its major dams. At the time, Peter Obi was spreading lies that they had met their power needs, when in reality, Tanzania was facing nationwide power blackouts.

"The following week, in 2024, Peter Obi lied that it was a national disgrace for Nigeria to receive wheat donations from Ukraine.
However, he failed to tell Nigerians that Egypt, a country he visited, praised, and urged Nigeria to learn from, also received grain donations from Ukraine. It is more dependent on Ukraine for its wheat than Nigeria.

"That completely destroyed his argument that it was a national disgrace for Nigeria to receive grain donations from Ukraine. Or does Peter Obi no longer admire Egypt?

"Last year, he also lied that a subsisting court judgment ordered the release of Nnamdi Kanu, and President Tinubu refused to obey it. Contrary to Peter Obi's IPOB-inspired lies, in a unanimous ruling on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu had a case to answer for treason. After that, on May 20, 2024, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ruled that Nnamdi Kanu should be denied bail.

"Peter Obi also claimed that 'I studied marketing at Harvard'. Peter Obi did not study at Harvard. He went for a short course that usually takes two weeks at Harvard. To claim that he "studied at Harvard" based on that is deceptive, misleading, and manipulative. Peter Obi only has a first degree, a Second-Class Lower in Philosophy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Of all the Presidential candidates during the #NigerianElections2023, Peter Obi was the least educationally competent.

"Mr. Obi then claimed that he loves Muslims. Actually, Peter Obi plotted a "religious war" (his exact words) against the Muslim Ummah in a leaked audio by Peoples Gazette. He vowed to sue Peoples Gazette. However, more than a year later, he has not sued. Moreover, when asked directly by Charles Aniagolu on Arise TV if that was him on the tape, Peter Obi refused to answer, though the question was repeated thrice.

"On January 14, Peter Obi lied that President Tinubu paid for 1411 people to attend #COP28 with government money. The truth is that only 422 of Nigeria's delegates were publicly funded, and not all of those publicly funded were financed by the Presidency.
Peter Obi next criticised the National Assembly for buying 400 SUVs and said he would have used the money better. Actually, Peter Obi had purchased 400 SUVs for Anambra Igwes when he was Governor.

"He thereafter posted on social media that the timing of the Lagos demolitions to prevent flooding was wrong. Yet Peter Obi personally led a demolition team to demolish illegal structures as Anambra Governor. Additionally, he said NOTHING when Governor Soludo demolished structures in Anambra simultaneously as Lagos.

"The point in listing all these lies is to show the Federal Government that they are not just harmless lies, but are an act of psychological warfare, which negatively affect our national security and economy.

"Therefore, I call on the Attorney General of the Federation to use his office to prosecute Mr. Peter Obi for his cybercrimes, which would deter any other disgruntled politician who may want to tread that path! "

ASA