JOSEF ONOH Writes Strong Protest Letter To The Senate Against Reno Omokri's Nomination As An Ambassadorial Nominee

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DENGE Josef Onoh who is the former Southeast Spokesman to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has petitioned the distinguished Senators at the National Assembly in a strong worded letter against Reno Omokri over his appointment as Ambassadorial nominees by the President.

In his letter he urged the Senate to reject the appointment of Reno Omokri as Ambassadorial nominee to represent Nigeria.

“I write this open letter as a concerned citizen of Nigeria, a patriot, and a stakeholder in the image and reputation of our dear country and most importantly as the former Southeast Presidential Campaign Spokesman to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and till date have unapologetically promoted the administration’s policies nationally and internationally.

On this foundation I write to vehemently protest and urge you in the strongest possible terms to REJECT the nomination and confirmation of Mr. Reno Omokri as an Ambassador-Designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Mr. Omokri’s antecedents, public statements, and documented actions constitute a direct threat to Nigeria’s national interest, diplomatic integrity, and international reputation.

Confirming him as an ambassador would inflict irreversible damage on our nation and send the most dangerous signal to the world.

Documented Anti-Nigerian and Defamatory Attacks on the President by Mr. Reno Omokri (2019-2023)

While serving as a Spokesperson and social media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and subsequently as a private citizen, Mr. Omokri waged a sustained, vicious, and internationally publicized campaign of calumny against the current President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR.

Among numerous others, the following allegations were made repeatedly by Mr. Omokri on international television, radio, newspapers, and social media platforms with millions of followers:

1. Repeatedly called President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a “drug lord” and “drug baron” with a “shady past.”

2. Publicly claimed on Arise TV, Channels Television, BBC Hausa Service, and in several viral Twitter threads that he (Reno Omokri) possesses documentary evidence that President Tinubu was involved in narcotics trafficking and money laundering in the United States.

3. Stated that the American government has a file on President Tinubu as a known narcotics kingpin and that he (Omokri) is in possession of court documents proving same.

4. Organized and personally participated in the infamous #HarassBuhari OutOfLondon protest in the United Kingdom in 2021, but later redirected the same energy in 2022-2023 to harass and defame President Tinubu in London and Abuja, calling him “Chicago Drug Kingpin.”

5. Authored and promoted the discredited “Mike Arnold” forgery saga – a fabricated document purporting to be a U.S. court record implicating the President in drug trafficking – which was later exposed as a forgery but not before it was widely circulated and relied upon by certain U.S.-based religious freedom advocacy groups in their successful campaign to have Nigeria re-designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) in 2021.

These are not private opinions. These are deliberate, repeated, and internationally broadcast allegations of serious criminality against the sitting Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The National and International Damage Already Caused

The forged “Mike Arnold” document that Mr. Omokri heavily promoted became one of the key exhibits used by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and certain advocacy groups to justify Nigeria’s continued designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) – a designation that brings diplomatic shame and economic sanctions risk.

To now reward the chief promoter of that forgery and those defamatory allegations with an ambassadorial position is to represent Nigeria abroad is to tell the world that Nigeria officially endorses the narrative that its own President is a drug baron.

The Dangerous Precedent and Erosion of Institutional Integrity

The same Department of State Services (DSS) that reportedly raised security concerns leading to the rejection of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination in 2023 is the same agency that supposedly vetted and cleared Mr. Reno Omokri.

If a man who called the President a drug baron on international television, claimed to have evidence, and organized protests against him abroad is now deemed fit to represent Nigeria, then the Senate will have:

Cast permanent doubt on the credibility and consistency of DSS vetting processes;
Destroyed the moral and ethical standard expected of Nigerian diplomats;
Given the world reason to believe that the President is indeed guilty of the allegations and that Mr. Omokri was appointed ambassador to buy his silence.

My Humble Appeal to All Distinguished Senators, Especially APC Senators

I respectfully urge every Senator, for the love of Nigeria and the people to REJECT the confirmation of Mr. Reno Omokri until and unless he appears before the Senate and publicly presents the evidence he repeatedly claimed to possess that President Tinubu is a drug baron.

If he fails or refuses to produce such evidence, his nomination must be rejected outright.

To do otherwise is to damage the moral fabric of our nation’s diplomatic corps, validate the very lies that have been used to tarnish Nigeria’s image abroad, and confirm to the international community the false and malicious narrative that the President of Africa’s largest nation is a narcotics kingpin who buys silence with ambassadorial appointments.

Nigeria deserves ambassadors of integrity, dignity, and loyalty not merchants of defamation rewarded with national honours.

I trust that the 10th Senate will rise to defend the honour of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the office of the President.

God bless the Senate.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

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JOSEF ONOH Writes Strong Protest Letter To The Senate Against Reno Omokri’s Nomination As An Ambassadorial Nominee