A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Labour Party chieftain, Peter Obi, over his absence at the burial of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday.

President Bola Tinubu led a high-level federal government delegation that included Vice President Kashim Shettima, to Buhari’s burial ceremony, which was also attended by many state governors and former public officials in Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday, but Obi was noticeably missing.

Omokri who is an avid critic of Obi thereafter took to his official X account on Tuesday night to slam the former governor of Anambra State for not attending Buhari’s burial.

“President Bola Tinubu was in Daura from beginning to end, showing his personal devotion to General Muhammadu Buhari and his commitment to the North. Arewa, remember who was not there!,” Omokri wrote.

“On October 19, 2024, during General Gowon’s 90th birthday, Peter Obi called him “an enemy” to be forgiven. His exacts words. And today, when General Buhari, the successor to Ahmadu Bello, was being buried, Peter Obi was nowhere to be found.

“Meanwhile, last week, he said Nnamdi Kanu’s trial “makes no sense.” Again, these are his exact words. This is the same Nnamdi Kanu who says the vilest things about Arewa and lied that General Buhari died in 2017 and was replaced by a clone from Sudan named Jubril. Arewa, isn’t the handwriting on the wall clear?”

In 2027, according to Omokri, Nigeria needs a truly Nigerian President in Aso Rock, not a pretender, whose true allegiance lies elsewhere.