Omokri Responds to El-Rufai’s Criticism of APC, Labels Him ‘Bloodthirsty Butcher of Kaduna’

Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has come out hard against immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, following his criticism of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)

He accused the erstwhile governor of being behind the killing of innocent people in the state while in office.

El-Rufai had, while speaking in Abuja at a National Conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria on Tuesday, decried what he described as the inability of the APC to sustain the gains of democracy as the state of governance in the country was abysmal and a national emergency.

He had also condemned the quality of leadership emerging from political parties which he blamed on unqualified individuals occupying positions of authority.

“I no longer recognize the APC. No party organ has met in two years—no caucus, no NEC, nothing. You don’t even know if it is a one-man show; it’s a zero-man show,” El-Rufai had lamented.

“You cannot afford to have illiterates, semi-illiterates, and cunning people as your leaders. This is why we end up with the poor leadership we have today,” he added.

But while reacting to El-Rufai’s comments, Reno took to his X page to accuse the ex-governor of being a bloodthirsty tyrant who orchestrated wanton killings in Kaduna when he was at the helm of affairs.

“You are a bloodthirsty tyrant, and because you no longer see blood flowing on the streets of Kaduna, you are unable to recognise Nigeria!,” Omokri wrote.

“The reason you, Nasir el-Rufai, the Butcher of Kaduna, no longer recognise Nigeria is because, while you were Governor of Kaduna, there were industrial-scale mass killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna after you admitted paying herdsmen, and mass murders of Shiites in Northern Kaduna after your government admitted invading their compound in Zaria and killing almost a thousand Shia men, women, children and infants.

“All of that ended as soon as you left office.”