‘Is Refusal to Act Like South Africans The Reason for The Attacks?’ Omokri Reacts to Buhari’s ‘Rome’ Comment
Reno Omokri, a former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked President Muhamadu Buhari if the refusal to act like South Africans the reason for the attacks that have been described as xenophobic by many.
Idonsabi reports that over five hundred Nigerians have returned home over incessant attacks on them and other African migrants by some South Africans.
Reacting to the comment made by the president who urged Nigerians in the country to behave like ‘Romans do in Rome’ Omokri said Buhari blamed Nigerians for the attack on them.
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“Watch as General@MBuhari blames Nigerians for South Africa’s xenophobic attacks, telling Nigerians “when you are in Rome you do as Romans do”. Is refusal to act like South Africans the reason for the attacks?,” Omokri who is a staunch critic of the president and his administration tweeted.
Watch as General @MBuhari blames Nigerians for South Africa’s xenophobic attacks, telling Nigerians “when you are in Rome you do as Romans do”. Is refusal to act like South Africans the reason for the attacks?
#TableShaker#FreeLeahSharibu #BuhariTormentor pic.twitter.com/TQUUeo5PdB
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) October 3, 2019
Tweeting further, Omokri said former presidents Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo wouldn’t have gone to South Africa and MTN and DSTV would have been suspended if they were in power.
“The truth is that General @MBuhari likes to bully and intimidate those weaker than him, but he gets bullied and intimidated when in the presence of those more educated than him. @CyrilRamaphosa intimidated him hence his ‘when in Rome’ comment in SA!.”
He added that South Africans are feeling ten feet tall from the comment made by the President.
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“Right now, South Africans feel 10 feet tall because of the way General @MBuhari went there to disgrace himself and Nigeria with his ‘when in Rome’ talk. You can imagine a South African OAP saying ‘I hope he came to take the rest of his thugs”!
“Does General @MBuhari, who went to South Africa to disgrace us with his ‘when in Rome’ talk’, himself obey Nigeria’s laws? On Independence Day, he insulted Nigerians by calling us lawbreakers. Does he himself obey court orders? Physician, heal thyself!”