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Kaduna, Kaduna state – Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna, on Monday, December 30, labelled Reno Omokri “a political mercenary”.
El-Rufai said Omokri ‘is sometimes retained by a person or government that can pay’.
El-Rufai slams Reno Omokri.
Photo credits: Reno Omokri, Nasir El-Rufai
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El-Rufai, Reno Omokri in online feud
The erstwhile governor stated this via a post on X (formerly Twitter) amid his online feud with the former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Henzodaily.ng had reported how El-Rufai weighed in on Professor Farooq Kperogi’s recent article which claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is guilty of ethnic favouritism. El-Rufai seemingly aligned with the thoughts of the popular columnist.
Subsequently, Omokri waded in and described the allegation that Yoruba people head consequential agencies in Nigeria as ‘baseless’. The disagreement online has led to further squabbles between El-Rufai and Omokri.
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Criticising Omokri on X, El-Rufai published pictures of the social media personality and wrote with laughing emojis:
“NIGERIA UPDATE – The interesting lifecycle of Wendell Simlin, also sometimes retained as a political mercenary by any person or government that can pay.”
Henzodaily.ng reports that the ‘Wendell Simlin’ jibe by El-Rufai was a reference to a 2015 allegation made by Deborah Campbell, an American woman, who accused Omokri of impersonation and identity theft.
Omokri had reportedly used the infamous moniker, Wendell Simlin, in his attempt to allegedly link the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi (now Emir Muhammad Sanusi II), to the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Back in February 2014, Omokri wound up in a scandal after digital footprint of an article that tried to link the spike in Boko Haram attack to the suspension of Sanusi as CBN governor was traced to him.
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Omokri allegedly used the pseudonym, Wendel Simlin, in the article circulated to bloggers and journalists but Premium Times said the document’s digital signature was identical to previous papers Omokri had sent to it.
Campbell told Sahara Reporters in a series of telephone conversations and emails that her son, based in Hercules, California, is the real Wendel Simlin.
Alleged ‘Yorubanisation’ agenda: Presidency tackles El-Rufai
Earlier, Henzodaily.ng reported that the presidency described the allegation that Yoruba people head consequential agencies in Nigeria as “a cheap shot”.
According to Bayo Onanuga, one of the presidential spokespersons, the claim is ridiculous.
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Source: Henzodaily.ng