Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for his recent arrest and extradition into Nigeria.
Omokri stated that the IPOB leader shot himself in the foot by travelling to Kenya, a country notorious for body-snatching.
He accused Kanu of being careless and showed no discretion in choosing the type of countries he visited when he already knows that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is after him.
The controversial author stated this during an interview with Reuben Abati of Arise TV.
Omokri suggested that Kanu should have learned one or two lessons from him having successfully stayed away from Nigeria since 2015.
“I established it. I was the first person to come out and say he was intercepted in Kenya. I spoke with the British Government officials and released the statement that he wasn’t arrested in the United Kingdom but was intercepted in Kenya,” he said.
“I think that Nnamdi Kanu… you have to understand.., I have to be very very objective, IPOB members sometimes used to be very above board with their insults and attacks…. I have helped promote freedom fighters all over the world but I believe that Nnamdi Kanu showed extreme indiscretion by going to Kenya.
“You know he has responsibility for his own arrest. He showed extreme indiscretion for going to Kenya. The Kenyan Government is notorious for body snatching.
“They have a reputation for doing this. So for somebody like Nnamdi Kanu he showed extreme indiscretion…IPOB members, please don’t come and start attacking me, use your common sense.
“I mean, this man, he showed extreme carelessness. Let me give you a very good example of myself. I’ve committed no crimes but I do know that Muhammadu Buhari will be very very happy to get me.
“As a matter of fact, when my book became a bestseller, my younger brother who looks exactly like me was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. So I’m very very careful.
“In 2019 I travelled to 29 different countries but I used discretion in choosing the type of countries I visited. In this I will not blame the Buhari administration because I know he had such tendencies …there was a precedent and Nnamdi Kanu was just being careless.”