Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has predicted that Labour’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will lose Lagos and the South-South in the 2027 general elections.
In a statement on Sunday titled Why Peter Obi will lose Lagos and the South-South in 2027, Omokri argued that Obi’s recent statements and political decisions have alienated key regions that previously supported him.
According to Omokri, Obi performed well in Lagos and South-South during the 2023 presidential election, but has since lost goodwill in both areas.
He claimed that the former Anambra governor’s criticism of the concentration of federal infrastructure in Lagos has damaged his chances among voters in the state.
Quoting Obi, Omokri recalled his claim that “Nigeria’s infrastructure investment remains overly concentrated in Lagos, often at the expense of others,” describing it as a “threat to the economic interests of Lagosians.”
“A good politician would protect his base,” Omokri wrote, explaining that Lagos voters would not support a candidate they perceived as opposed to their development priorities.
“What Obi was, in essence, telling Lagosians who voted for him in 2023 is that if they repeat his voting pattern in 2027 and he wins, he would stop Lagos’ infrastructure development and take it elsewhere.
“That statement was a threat to the economic interests of Lagosians. Lagosians are sophisticated voters. They will never forget the unspoken threat implicit in Peter Obi’s statement on Friday, October 24, 2025. People cannot be expected to vote against their own economic interests.”
He compared Obi’s situation to the backlash former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration faced in 2012 after removing fuel subsidies on New Year’s Day, noting that “people do not vote against their own economic interests.”
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Omokri further criticized Obi’s alleged opposition to the £15bn 750km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project, saying it has weakened his support in the South-South.
Omokri argued that the project is widely celebrated in the region and that Obi’s resistance shows a lack of political tact.
“By speaking out against a project that is popular in the region, one that would reduce travel time to and from the South-South, and asking the President to cancel it, how does Peter Obi expect the South-South to go against their own economic interests by voting for him?
“Why didn’t Peter Obi ask the president to cancel the contract for the South East Rail Corridor?
“It’s like knowing a man wants to cut off your head and still going ahead to give him a machete!”
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