Omokri Calls Osinbajo ‘a placeholder’

A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has launched a scathing critique on Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo after his presidential declaration.Information Guide Nigeria

ACCORDING to RIPPLES NIGERIA, Omokri made his stance known on Wednesday during a live interview on AriseTV.

According to RIPPLES NIGERIA, when Omokri was asked to react to the declaration of Osinbajo, whom the reporter referred to as his “son”. The former Lagos State governor said, “I don’t have any son grown up enough to make such declaration.”

Omokri noted that the Vice-President “owes his political achievement to Tinubu and he was nominated as a Vice-President to be a placeholder.”

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He further slammed Osinbajo’s declaration saying, “Recall in 2015 when Tinubu was kicked out due to Muslim/Muslim which was why Osinbajo emerged. He was a mere civil servant and didn’t achieve anything on his own in politics. He owes his political achievement to Tinubu and he was placed there as a placeholder.

“You cannot have character without loyalty and Osinbajo is not loyal. You cannot rely on someone who is not loyal. Disloyalty never ends well and if you look at the country’s history, it doesn’t end well. Buhari probably assured him on the possibility of consensus, sidelining Tinubu in the process.

“I don’t object to Osinbajo’s aspiration. I just said it was empty because any aspirant has to show vision which he lacks. It was also a response to Tinubu’s aspiration. He was not able to list any concrete achievements; everything was just noise.

“As a lawyer, he needs to tell Nigerians what he wants to do. It was more like a threat, talking about continuing from where Buhari stops. Nigerians are frightened. His declaration was within his rights but empty. Tell us your specific plans and how it is going to be done; not just empty promises.”

RIPPLES NIGERIA reports that according to him, “No country has defeated terror totally and it can only be defeated by negotiations. The Belfast Agreement ended it in Northern Ireland.

“The historical wrong done to Mohammed Yusuf (deceased Boko Haram founder) needs to be redressed and pay reparations to his family. This will rob the terrorists of their recruiting tool while securing our borders. Negotiating with them, we need to hear them out.Jamb Result

“A lot of these bandits are herders and we need to address the legitimate claims. They are leaders we can talk to after redressing these wrongs. People like Sheikh Gumi who can get them and get them to corporate with the FG in order to safeguard the lives of Nigerians. I know this is not what Nigerians want to hear but it is the way forward.”

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