Reno Omokri meets his match as El-Rufai reminds public of his past, dismisses him as ‘paid political macinery’
*If Reno Omokri has human dignity and shame, El-Rufai's reply to him is enough to make him think - Angry Nigerians
By OUR REPORTER, Kaduna
“If this Remo Omokri of a man has human dignity and shame, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s reply to him is enough to get him thinking and stop his shameful way,” an angry Nigerian said Monday night in Kaduna.
The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, slammed Reno Omokri with a mockery of his actions in the past against President Bola Tinubu for whose reason he (Omokri) now attacks any Nigerian who dares to point out inadequacies of his government.
He gave the former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan now President Tinubu’s praise singer and political marketer in disguise, over his (Reno Omokri’s) comments accusing him of being frustrated for not being appointed a minister in his current administration.
It will be recalled that at the Arewa House Kaduna ahead of 2023 election, then All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, who Tinubu was, publicly appealed to El-Rufsi not to run away abroad in the name of furthering his education but to wait behind and work with him his “incoming government” in event he won.
Tinubu practically made El-Rufai to make a public acceptance of his appeal, which sent the whole hall agog with rounds of applause.
But Reno Omokri, who at the time was busy attacking Tinubu calling him a “drug barron” and emotionally educating Nigerians how not to allow such person to occupy the office of president in their country, is now seen defending the president to the extent that he does not know who not to touch in his vituperation.
In the mockery dropped on the man Omokri, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai described him as “a political mercenary retained by any paying person or government.”
He also referenced a past case of alleged identity theft, where an American woman accused Omokri of using her son’s name, Wendell Simlin, in an attempt to link the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Lamido Sanusi, to the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Omokri had tweeted on Sunday, “Nasir el-Rufai is just being clever by half in expressing his frustration at not being made a minister by attacking the funding of a rail project in Lagos by the Federal Government. Under Buhari, Nigeria took out a $2 billion loan to build a railway in Niger Republic. Did el-Rufai complain, then?
“Not at all! Today, that same Niger is now hostile towards Nigeria. If we can build a railway worth $2 billion (which was 10% of the Niger Republic’s GDP at then) for a foreign country, simply because General Buhari’s father was from the Niger Republic, why shouldn’t the Federal Government contribute towards building a railway in Lagos State?
“After all, 8% of Nigeria’s population lives in Lagos, while 35% of our GDP comes from Lagos, which contributes ₦44.17 trillion to our economy. How much does Niger Republic contribute to our GDP? Did the Federal Government under Jonathan not also spend $1.2 billion building the Abuja-Kaduna superfast 187-kilometre railway?” Reno Omokri wrote.
In response, El-Rufai simply shared pictures on his X handle of Omokri protesting against Tinubu’s election and making unflattering remarks about him.
El-Rufai mocked Reno Omokri with the throwback protest photos against Tinubu where he held up a placard which read “No to a drug baron in Aso Rock”, a reply that many say is now enough for any right thinking person with human dignity to feed from.
“If this Remo Omokri of a man has human dignity and shame, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s reply to him is enough to get him thinking and stop his shameful way,” an angry Nigerian said Monday night in Kaduna.
Other past anti-Tinubu tweets and photos by Reno Omokri were also shared on social media by other Nigerians as follows:
