How President Trump Disappointed Peter Obi and Other Fifth Columnists in Nigeria, By Reno Omokri

Peter Obi and his hordes of Obidients have been thoroughly disappointed and disgraced. After publicly calling Nigeria, the same country that they hope to govern, a “now disgraced country”, and holding rallies and taunting their fellow citizens in anticipation of an impending American invasion of Nigeria, not only did the so-called invasion by President Trump never materialise, but Nigeria-American relations went from an all time low to an all time high, with the Trump administration ramping up its collaboration with Nigeria and sending financial support, weapons and military deployment to its new found ally, as well as intelligence sharing on a level scarcely seen in Africa.

But how did Nigeria move the United States from battleground to common ground?

This was achieved by the diplomatic deftness of Nigerian leaders led by President Bola Tinubu, and his aides, like Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who refused to be provoked by the rhetoric from Washington DC, or by the childish glee those initial anti-Nigerian oratory drew in people like Peter Obi and his ilk.

The President dispatched these trusted aides to the United States and Europe to demonstrate Nigeria’s forthrightness and douse tension. It worked brilliantly because these were brilliant men.

Instead of the confrontational approach unwisely taken by Nicolás Maduro, our President never responded to Mr Trump, whether directly or indirectly. All he said, over and over, was the truth-that there was no Christian Genocide in Nigeria, but rather a localised insecurity issue affecting both Christians and Muslims.

And to show transparency, the administration invited a series of prominent and influential Americans to visit Nigeria and go wherever they chose without let or hindrance.

And while here, they publicly admitted that, yes, there were security challenges, caused largely by the fall of Gaddafi in Libya, and the destabilisation of the Sahel by his foreign mercenary army that left Libya with training, weapons and finances after his ignoble death in 2011.

Next, they rightly saw through Peter Obi and reasoned that a man who could sell out his own country so quickly could never be a trusted and reliable ally. Peter Obi is a trader, not a leader. And the only thing a proper dyed-in-the-wool trader worships is money. So, they reasoned that a patriotic President Tinubu, who is open and ready to work with anyone who would help Nigeria, is better than an Obi, who is willing to side with foreign powers to undermine Nigeria.

As is commonly said, when you sell your own brother, even your buyer will not trust you. Such was the case of Obi, who saw Nigeria’s security issues as something to exploit, rather than solve.

And it is not surprising that the Biafran lobby, which initially turned the Trump administration against Nigeria, really took off after Peter Obi visited Washington on Thursday, September 25, 2025. A coincidence?

Almost immediately after Obi’s DC visit, talk show host and comedian Bill Maher, Senator Ted Cruz and others turned on Nigeria. Another coincidence?

And when it was revealed in October 2025 that pro-Biafran groups had been spending $66,000 a month to lobby the Trump government against Nigeria, Peter Obi said nothing. Absolutely nothing.

However, when it became public that the Federal Government of Nigeria had countered them with its own lobbying contract, Peter Obi went into overdrive, calling the funds paid to the US lobbyist an unnecessary “waste”.

Right then and there, American and Nigerian officials saw through Obi. When Biafran paid lobbyists, he was silent. When Nigeria countered, Peter Obi was salient.

And just like that, the enemy within revealed himself to Nigerians and Americans, with both governments realising they were being set up and quickly reaching a detente in their sabre-rattling.

And to cut a long story short, that is how President Trump disappointed the fifty columnists in Nigeria.