Reno Omokri, ex-aide
of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has criticised the government of
President Muhammadu Buhari for publicising the overseas medical treatment
approved for Alex Ekwueme, former vice-president.
On Friday, Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the
president, announced that Buhari had directed that the ailing former
vice-president be flown abroad for medical treatment.
Shehu
said Buhari offered to help after receiving a brief on the medical condition of
elder statesman.
But
Omokri took an exception to the publicity, accusing the president of attempting
to score “cheap political point”.
While
saying that the overseas treatment was Ekwueme’s right, Omokri said Jonathan
purchased bullet-proof cars for Buhari without announcing it.
“Treatment
abroad is a right of an ex-vice president,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
“President
Muhammadu Buhari didn’t do Ekwueme a favour. President Goodluck Jonathan
purchased bulletproof vehicles for Buhari without announcing it.
“It
is only a petty and shallow administration eager to score cheap political
points with a sick man’s health that announces that the President has given the
man his due!”
Ekwueme was admitted into a hospital after lapsing into coma at his Enugu residence last
weekend.
- The Cable
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