Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has slammed former governor Peter Obi for criticizing the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for allegedly setting 6:30 am as examination time.

Despite JAMB denying such and even promising a reward for whoever could show evidence such time was given, Obi still issued a statement knocking the examination body.

Reacting, Omokri recalled how Obi was silent when the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) announced an illegal sit-at-home during the period students were writing exams set by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).

IPOB declared the sit-at-home in the entire South-East where Obi hails from.

Obi's silence then and his recent opinion against JAMB have been attributed to tribalism by Omokri.

He wrote, "Please fact-check me: When IPOB ordered a sit-at-home in the entire five states of the Southeast last year during WAEC examinations, Peter Obi said absolutely nothing.

"But now that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has set examinations for 6:30 AM in some states due to insufficient venues, which means they have to hold exams in batches, Peter Obi has released a lengthy statement.

"This is in line with Obi's tribalistic character. That is Peter Obi's regular trademark. If it happens in Igboland, Obi will suddenly become deaf, dumb, and blind. But Peter Obi will dance naked in public if it occurs in the North or Southwest.

"Again, please fact-check me: In 2024, Oyo state alone contributed ₦272.4 billion to the national VAT pool, three times the ₦99.5 billion that the entire five states of the Southeast contributed to the VAT pool.

"The reason the Southeast is experiencing higher poverty rates than any other zone in Southern Nigeria is because they had Governors like Peter Obi, who did not even build a single nursery, primary or secondary school or university.

"It is not possible to fight poverty without building schools!

"That is why it is an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians for Peter Obi, who did not build schools to go to Johns Hopkins University and attempt to school President Tinubu, who built more than 200 schools, about how to fight poverty."

ASA