Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Monday dismissed comments by Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of frustration over not being appointed as a minister by President Bola Tinubu.
El-Rufai described Omokri as “a political mercenary retained by any paying person or government.”
The clash began after Omokri alleged that El-Rufai’s criticisms of a Lagos rail project funded by the Federal Government stemmed from resentment over his non-inclusion in Tinubu’s cabinet. Omokri tweeted, “Nasir El-Rufai is just being clever by half in expressing his frustration at not being made a minister by attacking the funding of a rail project in Lagos by the Federal Government. Under Buhari, Nigeria took out a $2 billion loan to build a railway in Niger Republic. Did El-Rufai complain then? Not at all!
