{"id":23405,"date":"2020-07-06T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23405"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:37:31","slug":"under-jonathan-there-was-corruption-but-in-buharis-govt-corruption-is-official-omokri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23405","title":{"rendered":"Under Jonathan there was corruption, but in Buhari\u2019s govt corruption is official \u2014Omokri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Reno-Omokri.jpg\" alt=\"'Respect your old age', stop lying, Jonathan\u2019s ex-aide fires back at Buhari\u2019s spokesman\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari has become official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omokri, a fierce critic of the Buhari administration stated this when he featured as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that there was indeed corruption in governments that preceded Buhari\u2019s administration, including that of Jonathan and late&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/yaradua-was-a-president-like-no-other-jonathan\/\">President Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He however, claimed that while the Jonathan and Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s governments had a human face, that the current government did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you compare this administration with former President Jonathan\u2019s government or Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s government, yes, there was some corruption but there it\u2019s a human government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe difference between that government and this government is that under Jonathan there was corruption, in this administration, corruption is official,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to a question on the recent arrest of Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abass alias Hushpuppi, Omokri said that the current government failed to lead by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/omokri-to-soyinka-dont-complain-about-buhari-apologise-for-bringing-the-worst-ruler-in-history\/\">Omokri<\/a>&nbsp;said nothing was known about Hushpuppi under Jonathan\u2019s administration, adding that he exhibited what he saw Nigerian leaders doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari has become official. Omokri, a fierce critic of the Buhari administration stated this when he featured as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics. 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