Reno Omokri Predicts Tinubu Will Win 2027 Presidential Election By Wide Margin
Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election by a “very wide majority.”
Omokri made the prediction during an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that Tinubu is in a stronger political position today than he was during the 2023 presidential election.
According to the former presidential aide, the President has consolidated his political base, secured the support of more state governors and gained wider acceptance in Northern Nigeria.
Omokri noted that Tinubu overcame several political and economic challenges during the 2023 election, including opposition from certain quarters, the controversial naira redesign policy and an opposition that was confident of defeating him.
“The best predictor of future events is past events,” Omokri said.
“If this president could win the 2023 election with just, I think he had 19 governors at that time, he had a hostile government at the centre, he had the naira policy that was designed to ridicule him, to attack him, and then he had an opposition that said that, okay, they were going to win, and yet he won.
“How much more now that he’s an incumbent, he has about 30 governors?”
The ambassador-designate also cited recent political rallies in Katsina and Kano as evidence of what he described as growing support for Tinubu in the Northern region.
“Tell me about his acceptance in Northern Nigeria. Have you seen his rallies? Did you see the rally that just held in Katsina? Did you see the one that held in Kano? Did you see the numbers?” he asked.
When questioned about whether the size of political rallies could serve as a reliable indicator of electoral support, Omokri pointed to the political alignments of governors in states associated with two potential challengers to Tinubu—former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi.
He identified the two opposition figures as likely major contenders against the President in the 2027 election.
Omokri specifically referenced Adamawa State, where he said both the incumbent governor and his predecessor were supporting Tinubu and mobilising support for his re-election.
He also cited Anambra State, the home state of Peter Obi, claiming that the state governor was equally backing Tinubu and working towards his re-election.
The former presidential aide further argued that some factors which influenced voting patterns during the 2023 election may no longer have the same impact in 2027.
According to him, the APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket generated fear and protest votes among some Christian voters during the last election.
“There were protest votes because people had never seen in Nigeria a Muslim-Muslim ticket. So there was a lot of fear-based votes by Christians who thought that, okay, well, we’re going to be having a government that’s going to be anti-Christian,” he said.
Omokri argued that such concerns had reduced following Tinubu’s engagements with Christian communities, including his attendance at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome.
He further maintained that the performance of the administration would play a significant role in determining voters’ choices in the next election.
“Nigerians have fared well under this administration. So that protest vote is going to disappear. The president is going to win by a very wide majority in 2027,” Omokri declared.
News Impact NG reports that the 2027 presidential election is expected to feature intense political competition as major parties and political figures begin positioning themselves ahead of the poll.
