Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has berated former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, dismissing his recent claims of an impending arrest as a ploy for public sympathy.
Omokri, in a statement on X, described El-Rufai as a “pathological liar” and “master of manipulation,” accusing him of fabricating stories to serve his personal interests.
He made reference to El-Rufai’s past admission of spreading falsehoods in the media, citing Segun Adeniyi’s book, Power, Politics, and Death, which detailed how El-Rufai helped create the myth of a “cabal” around late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to undermine the First Lady, Turai Yar’Adua.
“If El-Rufai could lie against a dying man and his grieving wife, who is Tinubu that he cannot lie against?” Omokri queried.
Omokri further referenced former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s autobiography, My Watch, where the ex-president described El-Rufai as someone with a “penchant for reputation savaging” and “an inability to be loyal to anybody but himself.”
Dismissing El-Rufai’s claim that he postponed an overseas study to stay and challenge the government, Omokri alleged that the former governor might not even be able to secure visas to Western countries due to his past controversial remarks.