Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck
Jonathan, has blamed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, for his recent arrest.
Omokri berated the IPOB leader for travelling to Kenya, a
country, according to him, that is notorious for body-snatching.
Speaking in an interview with Reuben Abati, Omokri suggested
that Kanu should have learned one or two lessons from him (Omokri) having
successfully stayed away from Nigeria since 2015 when Muhammadu Buhari became
President knowing that the government will be happy to arrest him.
The former presidential aide, therefore, absolved Buhari of
any blame for Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest because, according to him, the President had
never hidden his tendencies towards achieving it.
“I established it. I was the first person to come out and
say he was intercepted in Kenya. I spoke with the British Government officials
and released the statement that he wasn’t arrested in the United Kingdom but
was intercepted in Kenya,” he said.
“I think that Nnamdi Kanu… you have to understand.., I have
to be very very objective, IPOB members sometimes used to be very above board
with their insults and attacks…. I have helped promote freedom fighters all
over the world but I believe that Nnamdi Kanu showed extreme indiscretion by
going to Kenya.
“You know he has responsibility for his own arrest. He
showed extreme indiscretion for going to Kenya. The Kenyan Government is
notorious for body snatching.
“They have a reputation for doing this. So for somebody like
Nnamdi Kanu he showed extreme indiscretion…IPOB members, please don,t come and
start attacking me, use your common sense.
“I mean, this man, he showed extreme carelessness. Let me
give you a very good example of myself. I’ve committed no crimes but I do know
that Muhammadu Buhari will be very very happy to get me.
“As a matter of fact, when my book became a bestseller, my
younger brother who looks exactly like me was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport in Abuja. So I’m very very careful.
“In 2019 I travelled to 29 different countries but I used
discretion in choosing the type of countries I visited. In this I will not
blame the Buhari administration because I know he had such tendencies …there
was a precedent and Nnamdi Kanu was just being careless.”
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