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, the Cable reports.
Recall that Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the president, announced on Friday that Buhari had directed that the ailing former vice-president be flown abroad for medical treatment.
Shehu added that Buhari offered to help after receiving a brief on the medical condition of elder statesman.
Omokri condemned making such help a public issue. He also accused 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.
Recall that Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the president, announced on Friday that Buhari had directed that the ailing former vice-president be flown abroad for medical treatment.
Shehu added that Buhari offered to help after receiving a brief on the medical condition of elder statesman.
Omokri condemned making such help a public issue. He also accused 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.
