A former presidential aide, author and social media influencer, Reno Omokri has criticized Daily Trust newspaper for “mischievous reportage filled with half-truths” and “attacking Southern Presidents” while spending eight years”being General Buhari’s apologists”.
“What is your agenda?”, he asked the media outlet.
The post on X:
“Please fact-check me: You deliberately omitted to tell your readers that the U.S. has ordered a new Air Force One from Boeing, at the cost of $3.9 billion, which is over 300 times the cost of Nigeria’s new Presidential Jet.
“You also failed to inform your readers that it costs $177,843 an hour and $2,964 every minute for the US Air Force to maintain the current Air Force one that President Biden uses, which, when you calculate the yearly cost is more than the $100 million Nigeria spent on the new Presidential Jet.
“Finally, you additionally failed to tell your readers that the Presidential Aircraft that crashed and killed President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was an old one, and that it was better serviced than Nigeria’s old Presidential Jets.
“Daily Trust, what do you want to achieve by this mischievous reportage filled with half-truths? You have a nasty habit of attacking every Southern President. You did the same things to Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan, deliberately suppressing information and projecting only propaganda that would undermine their administrations.
“Yet, you spent eight years being General Buhari’s apologists.
“What is your agenda? Do you want President Tinubu to die like President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran? God forbid!”.