By InfactNG
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for wanting to pick his successor as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The former presidential assistant stressed that it is the duty of the Nigerian populace to determine who succeeds the retired Army General in Aso Rock Villa.
Omokri, a staunch critic of President Buhari, expressed his views on his Twitter page on Thursday.
Buhari, Tuesday, in a meeting with the governors elected on the platform of APC, begged that they should allow him to pick his successor, which translated to the ruling party’s presidential candidate.
The President argued that the governors were given a free hand, based on internal democracy, to choose their successor, hence they should not check him as he wished to do the same.
Reacting, Omokri tweeted, “It is wrong for Buhari to singlehandedly pick the presidential candidate of the APC.
“But Tinubu has no moral grounds to complain about that. However, it is treasonable for Buhari to say he will pick his successor. Nigerians will pick his successor.
“If Buhari’s threat to produce his successor is predicated on repeating (what happened) 2019, my response to him is to repeat what he said on May 15, 2012: ‘They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way’.”
