Reno Omokri, a leading member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chastised Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate for his recent comment on the seizure of three presidential jets in France.

Obi in a post in X on Thursday, August 17 described it as an international embarrassment condemning the federal government's handling of the situation and highlighted the broader implications of the event.

The former Anambra governor further questioned why the federal government will spend $100 million on a presidential jet when there is a 40 percent food inflation in the country.

However, reacting to Peter Obi's comment, Reno Omokri criticized Obi for gaslighting Nigerians in the wake of the incident. He said Obi lacked the nationalism and patriotism to treat all Nigerians equally.

Read Reno Omokri's comment below

I waited for twenty four hours to see if Peter Obi would even acknowledge the vile attacks on the Oba of Benin by some Nigerians, but he has completely ignored it, preferring instead to gaslight Nigerians on the seizure of Nigeria's Presidential jets arising out of a decades-old contract dispute by the Ogun State Government.

Nigerians, I ask you, if a group from the Southwest had insulted the Obi of Onitsha the way these people savaged the revered Oba of Benin, would Peter Obi have been silent?

That is the same way Peter Obi called Deborah Samuel's murder in Sokoto 'heinous', but the burning of Chinedu and Omama in Onitsha got no mention till today. Total radio silence. As if the incident never occurred. Because it was in Igboland, not the North or Southwest.

When soldiers were killed in Okuama, Delta State, Peter Obi IMMEDIATELY condemned the incident and called for SPEEDY action against the killers. When there were killings of civilians and soldiers in Plateau. Mr. Obi INSTANTLY condemned the act and called for a RAPID response. But two weeks after four police officers, seven traditional rulers, and four neighbourhood watch vigilantes were killed by suspected IPOB/ESN in Imo and Anambra, Peter Obi has remained SILENT. Not even a SQUEAK.

This is the pattern with Peter Obi. If it happens in Arewa, or Yoruba land, he and Oby Ezekwesili will shout and dance naked. But when it happens in Igboland, they will chop and clean mouth. That is why Peter Obi lied, saying that a subsisting court verdict ordered the release of Nnamdi Kanu.

However, 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.

I repeat, Obi lacks the nationalism and patriotism to treat all Nigerians equally. That is why he went to Kaduna and defended his ESN. The same ESN that he has refused to condemn after their latest Enugu killings.