Real reasons I don’t criticise Atiku Abubakar – Reno Omokri

I literally just had a conversation with Waziri Atiku Abubakar, who said to me, and I quote, “You, Reno, have credibility that others don’t have.”

Mazi Paul Ibe may want to speak to his boss before speaking ill of me.

He should do his research very well before misrepresenting the facts. Segun Showunmi has criticised Waziri Atiku Abubakar, which is a fact. I immediately gave an interview to ace journalist Daddy Freeze, in which I criticised Segun Showunmi for attacking former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The interview has not yet been released.

However, I have NEVER publicly or privately criticised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, though I support President Bola Tinubu.

I counsel Mr. Ibe to note the difference and not bundle everyone in the same category.

I say it loud and clear without shame that Mr. Atiku Abubakar has been good to me, and I never quarrelled with him. My departure from supporting him to endorsing President Tinubu was done without acrimony or bitterness. We still talk and maintain most cordial relations.

Other than our phone call today, I even consulted him recently for a book I am writing. He is a good man, and though I am for President Bola Tinubu, I will not disparage him.

There is a reason President Jonathan described me as the most loyal person in his administration. I never turn on my friends except they first turn on me.

The Nigerian public may not remember, because of our short memories, but at the time I was working at the Presidential Villa, Waziri Atiku Abubakar and Governor Bola Tinubu were in the same political camp, and that party presented Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its Presidential candidate in 2007. Regarding political and economic ideology, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu have had almost identical views since their days in the Social Democratic Party in 1989, culminating in Chief Moshood Abiola’s victory on June 12, 1993.

Reno Omokri

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