Omokri responds to claims he's abandoned Atiku, supporting Tinubu, APC

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Reno Omokri, has said he remains a member of the main opposition party.

Omokri in a video shared on his YouTube and X (formerly Twitter) pages on Monday, October 16, said he is not supporting President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He stated that he has validated President Tinubu's Chicago State University (CSU) certification since September 2022.

His words: "A number of people have made this allegation against me that I have abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, and I'm now supporting President Bola Tinubu. And the reason why they are saying this is that I have refused to join the Chicago certificate bandwagon.

"They promote it as if it's a new thing. My mouth has not changed - to use the local parlance.

"I want you guys to realise that I maintained before the election that President Bola Tinubu attended and graduated the Chicago State University, and this stance is not a new stance. This is my stance since September 19, 2022, when I went to Chicago State University personally and verified myself that this man attended the school. The current president of Nigeria, male.

"Why have they now saying that I have abandoned my presidential candidate? I haven't. That does not mean that I support Tinubu.

"I want to help Nigerians to understand how politics should be played. Politics should be played on the basis of truth."