By Denis Agbo

President Bola Tinubu’s former campaign spokesman in the south east, Dr. Josef Onoh has accused President Goodluck Jonathan’s former aide, Reno Omokri, of inciting Nigerians against the people of the South East through his habitual profiling of Ndigbo.

Onoh urged the Nigeria security agencies not to waste further time to arrest Omokri and give him the same treatment as Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu, Asari Dokubo and Simon Ekpa.

Omokri had, through his X handle, said that the real reason why Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu and his co-coup plotters of January 15, 1966 killed the late Sarduana of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, was because Bello accused the Igbo of dominating other parts of Nigeria, while it restricted the eastern part from the people of other regions.

Onoh said that he was worried that Omokri has been left for too long in his course to bring about ethnic strife, particularly against the Igbo in Nigeria; reminding Omokri that the present unity of Nigeria was made with the blood of the people of northern and eastern Nigeria.

According to Onoh, it was shocking that Omokri chose the day, January 15, when Nigerians remember their fallen heroes for national healing, to post his own controversial version on the historical relationship between Ahmadu Bello and Nzeogwu, where he intentionally profiled the southeast in the provocative post.

Onoh said: “Omokri deceptively revisited one of our nation’s most sensitive and divisive chapters in history, while seemingly painting the two historic figures as bitter adversaries. Intentionally aimed at creating ethnic tension in the country.

“I condemn such inciting narratives from Reno Omokri, or any charlatan, who attempts to break our national unity.

“I’m also totally dismayed at the silence of our south east leaders and elders in condemning such statement from Reno. Everything must not be about political interest at the detriment of your region.

“Once it’s time to give political appointments then they remember they are political stakeholder and South-East elders.

“Yet right in front of you all a violent foundation is being promoted and you are all silent while we the young ones are now the guardians of wisdom.

“Your silence today will be your tears of tomorrow.

“I urge the DSS to immediately invite and interview him, as his social media posts can be classified as same inciting statements made by Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu, Asari Dokubo and Simon Ekpa, who the security agencies where quick to act.”