Former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu famous.
Omokri maintained that by arresting the IPOB leader, Buhari gave Kanu the power which he is currently using against the present administration.
He made these remarks while faulting the deployment of soldiers to Abia and the alleged invasion of Kanu’s residence in Umuahia.
In a video he posted on his Facebook, the former Presidential aide stressed that Kanu was a “nobody” before he was arrested by the Buhari’s administration.
Omokri said, “President Muhammadu Buhari actually created this mess, Nnmadi Kanu was a nobody before Buhari came into power, I don’t mean to offend IPOB but until Kanu was arrested by Buhari, he was a nobody.
“The President actually created Nnamdi Kanu a celebrity, a star and gave him the power that he has right now.
“If the President had just ignored him, he won’t have gotten so famous. Margret Thatcher once said something, ‘I don’t care how much my Minister stole as long as he does what I said, you don’t focus on what people say but what they do.
“Right now you have empowered the man to do more harm to you than if you had not arrested him, what is he doing with Radio Biafra, how many people are listening to Radio Biafra? The other day, I read in the media where a Turkish Diplomat visited Nnmadi Kanu in his house, that is how big Buhari has made him.
“How many of you remember in 1999 when Obasanjo was president, when the Sharia crisis began in Zamfara State and started spreading to other states? Buhari said he would always show openly and within him total commitment to the Sharia movement that is currently moving across the nation.
“Imagine what would have happened if Obasanjo had impeached Governor Sani Yerima or had him arrested or had arrested some people in the North, saying what you are doing is affecting the national security. The country would have gone up in flames but what did Obsanjo do? he ignored them. Obasanjo had then said “political Sharia will fade away but the real Sharia will stay,” is that not what happened? That is a real leader.
“Muhammadu Buhari should have left Nnamdi Kanu. You have created a big problem for yourself by arresting the man which has made him so famous.
“Sending soldier to Abia to surround Kanu’s house, though we don’t know the truth, IPOB says one thing and the Army says another. Buhari could have avoided all those controversies.”
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