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Reno Omokri tackles Peter Okoye as he reacts to a throwback video of him campaigning for Peter Obi in 2023

By Linda Ikeji 19 October 2026, 7:06 am 0 comments

Reno Omokri has tackled singer Peter Okoye aka MrP who in 2023 campaigned for NDC Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Just before the 2023 presidential election, Peter Okoye took to social media to appeal to his fans to vote for then Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

In the video, he said that Nigerians need to retire these old men and vote for a young man like Peter Obi.

Reno, in a post shared on social media this afternoon, faulted Peter Okoye's campaign for Obi based on age, He argued that when it pertains to age, Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, are older than President Tinubu and Kashim Shettima.

He mentioned that many years ago, Peter and his twin brother, Paul, relocated from Jos to Lagos State to pursue their singing career. He said it was the Lagos built by Tinubu that made them megastars.

He went on to list the achievements of Tinubu as Governor of Lagos state and dared Peter Okoye to list any project that Obi embarked on when he was in office.

‘’ if Peter Obi's record in office was so exemplary that it merits his votes and the endorsement of Nigerians, then why are Peter Obi and Peter Okoye, along with their families, living in the Lagos that President Bola Tinubu and his predecessors built, rather than living in Anambra that Peter Obi turned into heaven?''

Read the full text of his reaction below

‘’The Age Factor: Why Peter Okoye Is Really Asking You To Vote For President Tinubu

Earlier today, I watched a now-viral video by the Afrobeats singer Peter Okoye, in which the artist, who styles himself as Mr P, said, inter alia, 'Let's leave these old guys, dem done try. Let's retire them' and vote for Peter Obi. I find that statement surprising because it reveals that Mr Okoye lacks depth in the fundamentals of mathematics.

Peter Obi is 65, while his running mate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is 70 this year. Kwankwaso's 70th birthday is in three days. Together, they have a combined age of 67.5 years. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is 74 this year, while Vice President Kashim Shettima is 60. That gives you a combined age of only 67 years.

So, going by Peter Okoye's logic, if we are to use only age as a factor in voting, with the premise that we are to vote for the younger and fresher of the two tickets (because it is a joint ticket), then the natural thing for Nigerians, including Peter Okoye, to do is to vote for the incumbent Tinubu/Shettima ticket!

If we consider only age, then among the three major Presidential tickets, the youngest is the incumbent ticket, since the Atiku (79) Amaechi (61) ticket has a combined age of 70 years.

But even beyond age, there are still other reasons to vote for the President over Peter Obi.

Peter and Paul Okoye started their musical careers in Jos, Plateau State, and then later in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

But only when they moved to Lagos did they become megastars. They eventually settled in Lagos and continue to thrive there.

Why did they thrive in Lagos? Because then-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu built up Lagos and tripled its Gross Domestic Product during his tenure.

For example, while Peter Obi did not build a single nursery, primary, secondary, or university, Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu built multiple, including:

The Abibatu Mogaji Millennium Secondary School, Agege.

The Bola Ige Millennium Secondary School, Ajeromi.

The Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Ojodu.

The Millennium Senior Secondary School, Egbeda.

But if Peter Okoye can name even one school initiated, started, completed, and commissioned by Peter Obi, with government funds while he was Anambra Governor, I, Reno Omokri, will heed his call to vote the Obi/Kwankwaso ticket.

And it was not just schools. Governor Tinubu built Independent Power Projects, including:

Alausa Independent Power Plant (10.4 MW)
Akute Independent Power Plant (12.55Mw)
Lagos Island 1&2 Independent Power Plant (10Mw)
Mainland Independent Power Plant (8.8Mw)
Lekki Peninsula Integrated Power Project (6Mw)
Island IPP located in Marina (10MW)

All these and other projects were built by the Bola Tinubu Lagos State Government, in partnership with the private sector, although some were completed by his predecessors, and they have resulted in Lagos's economy being 15 times larger today than it was in 1991, when it stopped being Nigeria's capital.

If Mr Peter Okoye can show me, or any other Nigerian, even one power project started, completed, and commissioned by Peter Obi with government funds while he was Anambra Governor, I, Reno Omokri, will heed his call to vote the Obi/Kwankwaso ticket.

The question Nigerians should ask Peter Okoye is: if Peter Obi's record in office was so exemplary that it merits his votes and the endorsement of Nigerians, then why are Peter Obi and Peter Okoye, along with their families, living in the Lagos that President Bola Tinubu and his predecessors built, rather than living in Anambra that Peter Obi turned into heaven?

If you are basing it purely on age and records, then I urge Peter Okoye to vote for the Tinubu/Shettima ticket, because since this government came into being, young Nigerians have never experienced even one day of an ASUU nationwide strike.

Not only are lecturers well paid but a million university undergraduates are also enjoying the NELFUND Student Loans.''