A group known as The Global
Economic Policy Initiative (GEPIn) says Reno Omokri, a former aide of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is embarrassing the former president with his
statements.
In a statement on Wednesday,
Bernard Okri, president of the group, accused Omokri of issuing misleading
statements on behalf of Jonathan.
In a bid to refute a claim by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that Nigeria had about 112.7 million people living
in extreme poverty as of 2010, Omokri described the vice-president as a liar.
But Okri said Omokri is just
tarnishing the image of the former president.
“Mr. Omokri has a record for
impersonation, identity theft and blackmail but who would have thought that he
would do it to his former boss and former President of Nigeria,” he said.
“In an attempt to slander Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo on the poverty figures that he quoted while addressing
the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City he dented the reputation and
goodwill of his former boss.”
Okri said Osinbajo was right when
he said the poverty level in Nigeria as at 2010 was over 112 million, which was
over 67 % of Nigeria’s population at the time.
He said Nigeria only became the
poverty capital of the world because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which
had been in government impoverished Nigerians.
“In 2010, over 112.47 million
Nigerians were living on less than a one dollar a day. The NBS data showed that
67% of Nigerians in 2010 were living in “absolute poverty” – this figure had
risen from 54.7% in 2004,” he said.
“According to the report in 2010,
93.9% of respondents felt themselves to be poor compared to 75.5% six years
earlier.
“This is a disgrace to President
Goodluck Jonathan, he has made him the laughing stock of the world, I think he
deserves better than to be dragged in the mud by Mr. Omokri. A simple Google
search would have saved both of them this embarrassment.
“He (Omokri) has record of
telling lies and he is a very fraudulent person. Nigerians still remember
Wendell Simlin, the name Mr. Omokri stole in his bid to blackmail then former
CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, accusing him of sponsoring Boko Haram but
he was busted.
“He has a past and most us know
that he relies heavily on this type of activity to survive, things have not
been easy for him since the PDP left government.
“We should engage in constructive
criticism if we really want Nigeria to succeed, persons like Mr. Omokri exude
bad vibes, Nigerians should not believe anything he says.”
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