A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and social
media influencer, Reno Omokri has said he has no wishes for President Muhammadu
Buhari because the latter has caused pain to Nigerians.
Omokri made this known on Saturday in a statement, entitled:
’80th Birthday Tribute To General Buhari’.
According to him, Buhari’s birthday comes when Nigeria’s
debt profile has surged.
He said when the President came into office in 2015, the
country was much better than it is today.
Omokri urged Buhari to provide solutions to the country’s
myriad of challenges.
He said, “It is rather poignantly coincidental that on the
day General Buhari marks his 80th birthday, it was revealed that Nigeria is now
one of the top 4 debtors to the World Bank. We are the fourth most indebted
nation. Only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh owe more than us.
“In 2015, Nigeria was rich, and Buhari was poor. In 2022,
Buhari is rich, and Nigeria is poor. I see no reason to wish the person who
achieved such an extraordinary destiny a happy birthday.
“First, he has already made himself happy with our
commonwealth. How much of our lean resources has he spent on his health as
Nigeria’s number one health tourist to London, UK?
“How much was spent on his son, Yusuf Buhari’s wedding last
year? The price tag was reported to be more than $1 million. More than 100
private jets landed in Kano. The couple made the front page of Europe’s Tatler
Magazine under the title ‘Inside Nigeria’s ultra-glamorous royal wedding.”
“And this is a man who had to take a loan to pay for his
Presidential nomination form in 2015. Today, Nigerians have to take loans just
to feed themselves.
“So, why should I wish such a wastrel and leprous-fingered
fellow a happy 80th birthday? A man who has brought much unhappiness to
Nigeria, to the point where we became the world headquarters for extreme
poverty under him, and our currency became one of the worst performing on
Earth, moving from ₦190 to $1 in 2015 to ₦750 to $1 today?
“The only thing I am eager to wish Buhari is bye-bye on May
29, 2023. And he should not count on retiring to Daura in peace. He and Buratai
must answer for the Lekki Massacre of peaceful, unarmed EndSARS protesters they
killed on October 20, 2020, and the 347 men, women, children and infants they
killed during the December 12, 2015, Zaria Massacre of Shiites, amongst other
state-sponsored killings”, the statement concluded.
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