The very outspoken Reno Omokri, a former Aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, has stated boldly that the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, can never emerge as the running-mate to Jonathan, in the 2023 Presidential election,
Omokri, however, said that the former President has no known intention to run for President in 2023, adding also, that Jonathan has no plan to dump the People Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Omokri spoke on Wednesday, while featuring on a PUNCH online interview programme, ‘The Roundtable’.
Speaking on the reports that Governor El-Rufai and Jonathan would be a pair in the next election, Omokri said: “They are trying to put that story out there, to put pressure, as to promote Nasir El-Rufai as a Presidential Candidate.
“I spoke to former President Jonathan just before this interview. That story is a lie, quote me. Nasir El-Rufai will be the last person, if former President Jonathan is thinking of running, of which he is not even thinking of running.
On Goodluck Jonathan’s rumoured defection, he added: “The best judge of future behaviour is past behaviours. Former President Jonathan has been in one party all through his life. He is 63 years old, and he does not have that kind of history. He does not have that kind of reputation. To the best of my knowledge, former President Jonathan is not leaving the People Democratic Party. He is a very loyal man, just like me.”
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