Mr Reno Omokri,special assistant(news and media) to the President has urged the public not to be misled by the machinations of El-Rufai, “a man who is in dire need of prayers and perhaps psychological assistance”.
He recalled that El-Rufai had at a meeting with Ambassador John Campbell in April of 2007 and described Jonathan, the then vice presidential nominee of the PDP, as “clean and honest”.
He said unknown to El-Rufai, the ambassador kept a record of their conversation which is now a public record in America.
Omokri also recalled El-Rufai who had gone into voluntary exile under the presidency of Umaru Yar’Adua after he was accused of corruption and abuse of office while he was minister of the FCT, felt safe enough to return to Nigeria as soon as President Jonathan ascended to power and after he returned to Nigeria, in 2010, he visited President Jonathan at the Presidential Villa on May 11, 2010, and was the first major political figure to call on him to contest for the 2011 presidential election.
He noted that in the double-speak nature of El-Rufai, the former minister showered encomiums on Buhari in the latest interview contrary to a damning conclusion on the general in 2010.
He alleged that the ex-minister was only condemning Jonathan because he was not given a position.
“Nasir El-Rufai wanted something from the President which was why he visited him at the Presidential Villa to heap unsolicited praise on the president in 2010. When he did not get what he wanted, he became bitter''.
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*If his problem is getting a post in Jonathan's administration,why don't they appoint him Minister of twitter?He seems to have built a room and parlour there!
*El-Rufai,please dont forget oh,today is day two of the seven day ultimatum issued by CAN....please dont forget to tweet your response.
Its not just el rufai, half of the pipo that either voted or praised Jonathan back then are the ones that are really insulting him now. The guy messed up big time. We all thought he had potentials especially while he was ag president, guess we got punked.
ReplyDeleteMR. Omokri should rest abeg. Sure El-Rufai is another *one-kind* politician in Nigeria but if he, like many of us, knew the real nature of Jonathan back in 2007 when he was President Umaru's sidekick, I'm extremely sure that whatever the conversation he had with anyone concerning Jonathan would be just like the ones he would have today. This is just cheap childish politics. Omokri should GROW UP!
ReplyDeletesincerely, this man need to be petied. he does not know where to belong. this is a serious mechanism of maladjustment
ReplyDeleteStella, do you sell yourself to this kind of political meandering? You want to play one side of the game.
ReplyDeleteAs for CAN's ultimatum, its just nonsense. In their statement, they claim that El-Rufai insulted Christ and they were silent about it. But they decided not to be silent after he spoke negative about the CAN's president. It is so obvious now that people worship men and not God.
It was only natural for Nigerians to think good of Jonathan when he was vying for presidency. However, people are now disappointed in him and for voting for him. Make Omokri go sit down jo. E just dey speak for the man whe dey pay am.
As for the exile thing, that one na story. El-Rufai started his PhD programme in UK at that time but he was politically hunted like every other kind of political system. Anyway, I am not an El-Rufai fan. The man need to mellow too. All na politics.
The first 3 commentators,its pretty obvious you guys has been living under a rock,Jonathan has done very well and we will all go out and vote for him in 2015
ReplyDeleteLeave El-Rufai alone abeg, Jona was pretending to be someone else for a long time, he revealed his true self when he became President,everyone is condemning him now except his sycophants deceiving him.
ReplyDelete@Memphis I think you are mentally retarded like your gay partner el rufai...you should grow up too. I hope you are being paid for all these nonsense you come here to spill. What exactly is your problem?
ReplyDeleteAboki Rufai i beg go carry chair sit down! He is bitter because he is no longer in government and he try so they Jonathan refuse to give am appointment.
ReplyDeleteAm sure you people have not sat down to see what Jonathan has done,u base ur comments on hear say, sit down look at all the sectors one by one before u kill Jonathan Rome was not built in a day do you think 4yrs will do it and u see the impact(am not saying he shld contest 2015) just look well and give credit where it is due.
ReplyDeleteJonathan had everyone fooled for some time before the election. Luckily, I got wiser and I saw through him when he started making unrealistic promises during his campaigns e.g. he promised to build universities in each state, he even promised to build an aiport in each state. These are unrealistic promises!
ReplyDeleteSo, if El-Rufai was actually fooled by Jonathan at a time and he told the then American ambassador that he was an honest man, I would not be surprised. Jonathan got millions of Nigerians fooled then, but now people have realized he is just another rotten and non-performing politician!
Reno Omokri is just a silly goat!
ReplyDeleteWhat good has Jonathan done?nothing!
ReplyDeleteElrufai I know is a very honest person,he praises u today doesn't mean he won't cuss u tomorrow when u mess up,and dats what being honest is!
And as a minister fct he performed above average at least better than all before or after him.
Not like I fully trust any naija politician anyway.
They change like the weather,cant sleep off around them with ma two eyes closed.
CAN????????????????????
ReplyDeleteEl-Rufai, nothing do you!