Actress Nkechi Blessing has taken a swipe at former presidential aide Reno Omokri for likening her to Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Lagos State governor has consistently argued that he deserves to be Nigeria’s next president, citing his political records and role in APC’s victory over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015.
At a recent event, he bragged about ensuring President Muhammadu Buhari’s win in the last presidential election.
His comment has continued to spark reactions reactions among Nigerians on social media.
Sharing his thoughts in a Twitter post on Friday, Reno made fun of Tinubu and likened his action to Nkechi and another actress Tonto Dikeh, who he cited as examples of discontented lovers.
He wrote in parts: “Tinubu is just behaving like Tonto Dikeh and Nkechi Blessing. Like a woman who was promised marriage and jilted and is now exploding and exposing the jilter. Buhari don buy market. He either builds another ‘other room’ for Tinubu, or marry him as promised!”
“And the curious thing is that Buhari has not yet cheated Bola Tinubu, and Tinubu attacked him. Why did he not wait until after the primaries before attacking Buhari? Now, he has given Buhari an excuse not to support him. I thought Bola Tinubu knew how to play politics. I was wrong. Very wrong.”
Angered by the statement, Nkechi Blessing took to Instagram to drag the self acclaimed motivational speaker.
Responding in a now-deleted post, Nkechi who made headlines due to the controversies that surrounded her failed relationship, called out the former aide to Goodluck Jonathan.
“I use to think you have sense, but it’s obvious you lack common sense..why put me in this context in the first place? Welcome to Nigeria when a relationship ends, automatically it’s the man that left the woman”
“I for like talk more but Instagram guidelines won’t allow. Mr Reno leave my name out of your mouth..no let God punish you #respectfully,” she wrote.
The actress also took to her Instagram stories to further pour out her annoyance on Reno.
The 33-year-old warned Omokri who is believed to be supporting Abubakar Atiku, PDP’s presidential candidate —against mentioning her name in a political discussion.
“Support Atiku all you want @renoomokri but leave my name out of that mix, I am not a politician…” she added.
