Reno Omokri has called President Buhari a joke for declaring June 12 as the new date for Democracy day in Nigeria, to honour the late Chief MKO Abiola. The former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan said this while reacting to the news on his social media page.
President Buhari who cancelled the May 29th celebration date, which has been on since the return of Democratic rule in 1999, said he made the decision after wide consultation.
He also honoured the late Chief MKO Abiola with a posthumous award of GCFR which is the highest honour in the land, and his running mate in the then Social Democratic Party SDP Baba Gana Kingibe and late Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN, both with GCON.
All these moves by the President were seen by Reno Omokri as the President being a hypocrite after he had allegedly praised late dictator, late General Abacha who was instrumental alongside Babaginda in truncating the elections of 1993. Taking to his social media page, he said:
President @Mbuhari is a joke. In desperation for the Southwest vote, he has declared June 12, Democracy Day a d given MKO Abiola a post humous GCFR. What hypocrisy! This was a man who served Abacha while Abacha jailed Abiola. This was a man who praised Abacha, Abiola’s jailer!