Nnamdi Kanu: 'Dear, you asking the wrong question' - Reno Omokri replies tweep who asked about the death of Abiola

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Reno Omokri, a former presidential staffer said that the survival of a region and its people should override the interest of an individual.

Omokri, who has been a critic a heavy critic of leaders and the southeast since insecurity became a bane in the region was responding to a question by an individual who asked "Who killed Abiola"?

The leading member of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has said in a post on his Instagram page on Monday, July 10 that persons in the southeast rely on dialogue for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) rather than engage in violence.

He made the comment following the violence that has characterized the region in recent times following the re-arrest of Kanu in Kenya in 2021.

Omokri, who shared the same message in a tweet, said using force and destroying properties in the Southeast in a bid to force government to release Kanu would never work, as no government would succumb to that.

“When Abiola was in jail, the Yoruba did not destroy their region to force Abacha to release MKO Abiola. Rather, they used diplomacy to turn Abacha into an international pariah until Abacha was forced to offer Abiola bail (which Abiola ultimately refused).

“Mohammed Abacha was in prison for three years. How was he released? Kano elders sought an audience with Obasanjo in 2002 and publicly prostrated to him.

“The next month, the court freed Mohammed. Asari Dokubo was in prison for treason for two years until Niger Delta elders used diplomacy to get President Yar’adua to release him in 2007.

While his followers shared their thoughts on the subject in the comment section, a user identified as @ustreet47 asked: "Where is Abiola now, who kill Abiola"

Omokri said in his response, said: Dear @u_street47 You are asking the wrong question. The question you should be asking is, where are the Yoruba today? Because of how they handled that crisis, they have produced two Presidents and a vice President since 1999. In addition, they have received the lion's share of the Federal Government and foreign direct infrastructural development.

It is never about the individual. It is about the collective. But some people think in opposites. To them, it is not about the collective. It is about the individual.

The last time, some region almost killed themselves because of one man. Who ended up running away and abandoning them to their fate.

May history not repeat itself!

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