Why I Stopped Criticizing Tinubu Over Drug Issue And Turned Supporter - Reno Omokri Former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has stated his diverge of stance about President Bola Tinubu was due to evidence and principle
The Round Table declares that Omokri, a vocal critic of Tinubu during and after the election, while speaking on Breakfast Central on Thursday, revealed his inceptive inversion to the President was based on his academic credentials and suggested links to drug-related activities.
However, a personal investigation into Tinubu’s educational background in September 2022 led him to take away his previous claims and implored others to stop spreading misinformation.
Omokri further said that the Supreme Court’s verdict later prompted him to rethink his position about Tinubu.
He disclosed, “I met with individuals there; I was given inconsiderable evidence that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu attended, passed his exams, and graduated from Chicago State University. And after that date, I deviated completely.
“The Supreme Court decision…said that they’ve looked into the drug issue and he was not a drug convict; it was not even a conviction against him; it was a conviction against another person, and he was involved only to the grade that he was an accountant for that person.
“I had to make a decision that since the court had exonerated him, I cannot endure to criticize him on that issue because I will be like the people I had castigated who are at the same time rebuking him on academic qualifications.”
According to Reno Omokri, his close friend Nuhu Ribadu’s appointment as National Security Adviser significantly pressurised his decision to encouragement the administration.
Omokri reported Ribadu convinced him of the administration’s genuine intentions to reform Nigeria.
He added, “Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and I have had a very solid and strong relative position right after he had been exiled by the Yaradua administration.
“In California, we spent a spoonful of time together; we were like brothers.
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“He convinced me. After he convinced me, I did a video in his office, and I informed Nigerians that as long as Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is in this government, I am going to encouragement this government, and I am going to encouragement their economic policies.”
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Published 3/27/2025