Reno Omokri, former aide of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says those who defected from the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are the
stones that will dislodge the APC.
He said this in reaction to a
statement credited to Lai Mohammed, minister of information, who had described
the defectors as ‘stones’ whom God has removed from the party.
“It is unfortunate that the
official spokesman of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the chief image maker
of the Buhari administration will stoop so low to use such pedestrian
language,” Omokri said.
“Speaking of stones though, what
Lai Mohammed does not understand is that some stones are precious while others
are common. Diamonds are stones. But they are precious. Lai Mohammed’s problem
is that he and the government he represent cannot distinguish a stone from a
precious stone!
“In the final analysis, I do not
blame Lai Mohammed for calling APC defectors ‘stones’. It‘s because he has not
read the story of David and Goliath.”
Goliath, a giant, in the biblical
story, was killed by David, a boy who was armed with only catapult and stones.
“Lai should know that the APC is
the Goliath and the PDP is the David while the APC defectors are the stones that
David will use to slay Goliath in battle,” he said.
He said the minister who served
as the APC’s spokesman when the party was in the opposition, has not made the
cross over from being the spokesman of the APC to being the spokesman of the
government.
“Those who cross carpeted from
the APC to the PDP are Nigerians who must still be represented by the
government irrespective of their political party. To cast aspersions on them is
a negative on the government that Lai Mohammed serves rather than the persons
he attacked,” he said.
“Until then, I will caution Lai
Mohammed to learn to speak and comport himself in a way and manner worthy of
the office he holds. Calling Nigerian citizens ‘stones’ does not augur well for
a government. If they persist in this name calling, they should not be surprise
if they are stoned out of office in 2019.”
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