Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has issued a warning about recent developments concerning the governorship race in Adamawa State.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Omokri expressed concern that the events surrounding the election could potentially lead to a military takeover.
It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa, Prof. Hudu Yunus Ari, declared Aisha Dahiru, also known as Binani, as the winner of the state governorship election midway through collation.
Reacting to the news, Omokri released a video message on Monday, in which he described the situation as a “broad daylight coup” and expressed his belief that it posed a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy.
The video was posted on his YouTube page.
He said, “I will like to counsel the Buhari’s administration to be careful, very careful over what is happening in Adamawa State. History does not repeat itself, men repeat history. And we know that the best predictor of future events is past events.
“Why did the second republic fall? It fell because…The trigger was what happened in Ondo State. In Ondo State, the ruling party was so hell-bent on taking that State. And then, they sent in soldiers, they sent in troops. They sent in a rogue FEDECO Commissioner. FEDECO that is the de-facto of today’s INEC. And then, the same thing that just happened in Adamawa happened in Ondo State. They illegally declared Akin Omoboriowo the winner of the election.
“And then, the people were not having it. Michael Adekunle Ajasin who was the popular candidate, who was the incumbent, who was the well-loved candidate…I mean, he didn’t have to do anything. It was the people of Ondo State that rose up, they beat up FEDECO officials, they faced the army. A lot of people died. And then, it was going to a breakdown of law and order, then the military ceased power.
“We don’t want a military government in Nigeria again. But then we gotta be smart. We gotta learn from history.”
