Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former
president Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted after the All Progressives Congress
(APC) strongly condemned the 2019 presidential candidate of the opposition’s
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for allegedly speaking
on issues as if he was Nigeria’s president.
APC
spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement Tuesday night, said Atiku was in
the habit of issuing statement on matters “which constitutionally should be
reserved for the duly elected head of government”.
Issa-Onilu said: “We have noted
Alh. Atiku’s incessant habits of releasing statements on public issues as if he
were an alternative President of this country and with a clear intention to
undermine President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC-led government.
“In recent times, Alh. Atiku has
demonstrated lack of regard for the sovereignty of the office of the President
and Nigerian government through condescending statements. He has made several
of such statements regarding the activities of the Nigerian military, issues of
national security, and international relations.
“The latest of such statements is
the one he made on the emergence of Mr. Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of
Britain even when our duly elected President, who has the responsibility of
making an official statement on such matter, has made the position of our
country known.
“We note with serious concern
that Alh. Atiku has been throwing himself around as a shadow President of
Nigeria. We would like to state clearly that such position could only be found
under the parliamentary system; it does not exist under the Presidential system
of government that we practice in Nigeria.
“Alh. Atiku, like every Nigerian
citizen, should understand that being a candidate for an elective office,
including that of the President, does not confer on him a sovereign status.
Alh. Atiku’s continuous portrayal of himself as a shadow President under our
system borders on felony and makes him a patent impostor.”
Reacting, Omokri, in a tweet
Wednesday morning, said that APC doesn’t know how right they were in their
warning to Atiku, adding that President Buhari is truly a “sitting president”.
The former presidential aide
tweeted: “The @OfficialAPCNg dont know how right they were when they called
General @MBuhari a “sitting President” in their warning to @Atiku.
“A President who sits doing
nothing while his nation becomes the world headquarters for EXTREME POVERTY
under him is truly a #SittingPresidentBuhari.”
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