Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, has backed the
decision of the Kogi State Governor-elect, Usman Ododo to kneel before his
predecessor, Yahaya Bello, following his victory at the just-concluded
governorship election in the state.
Omokri pointed out that the late former President Musa
Yar’Adua, his wife, and mother knelt before ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo
following his victory at the presidential election.
To this end, Omokri said there was no big deal in Ododo’s
decision to kneel before Bello.
Bello had insisted on Ododo as the All Progressives
Congress, APC, governorship candidate, prior to the off-cycle election in Kogi
State, despite agitations from party members.
With Bello’s backing, Ododo had won the governorship
election, defeating Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and Dino
Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Ododo got tongues wagging after receiving the certificate of
returns from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, where he
knelt down to present the certificate to Bello.
Reacting, Omokri said Ododo’s action showed he was well
brought up.
Posting on X, Omokri wrote: “After Obasanjo almost
single-handedly delivered Yar’adua as President, Yar’adua felt he was even too
small to kneel to Obasanjo.
“He brought his own mother and his wife, and they knelt to
Obasanjo publicly. No big deal in Ododo kneeling to Bello.
“It is a trait of a well-brought-up person. You give honour
to whom it is due. If it is in Yoruba land, he will even prostrate flat. If you
are walking by and a benevolent person breaks a palm kernel that you could not
break by yourself, should you not be grateful?”
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