In a statement released on Friday, former presidential adviser Reno Omokri said that the activities of LP supporters who believe that a military takeover in Nigeria will install Peter Obi in office are both traitorous and irrational.

Some Nigerians have connected the coups in Niger and Gabon to the outcome of the 2023 election, which Peter Obi and PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar are contesting at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

Calling For Coup In Nigeria Is Treasonous And Delusional —

Reno stated in his statement that the acts of LP supporters who believe the military coup will put Obi in power are not only treacherous but also delusory.

He claimed that if it had been a military dictatorship, the ongoing detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu would have taken a different direction.

He also stated that rather than the existing middle-of-the-hand approach, the Biafra successionist movement would have been dealt with.

The statement reads, “To those Obidients calling for a coup and thinking that their envisaged coup will put Peter Obi in power, not only are your actions treasonous (I don’t know why President Tinubu is tolerating it!), it is also delusion.

“ESN and IPOB have killed several soldiers. That is one of the reasons why Nnamdi Kanu is being held in custody.

“The only reason Nnamdi Kanu is being treated like he is is because we have a democratically elected civilian administration.

“If you get your evil wish and what you are looking for happens (God forbid), Nnamdi Kanu will definitely get a very different experience. Because the Nigerian Army, whose soldiers died at the hands of ESN/IPOB, will not be as forgiving as the civilians in power.

“In addition, the Biafran secession movement will be dealt with with a brutal, heavy hand rather than the current middle-of-the-road approach.

“So, if I were you, I would be very careful about flippantly calling for a coup.

“We all will suffer it. But certain people now calling for it will suffer more than others.

“Therefore, think before you speak and act. Don’t act and speak, then think. If your leader, Peter Obi, knows what is best for him, he would urge his followers to control their words at this sensitive time for Africa”.

It Is Treasonous And Irrational To Call For A Coup In Nigeria — Reno

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