Politicians Are Corrupt Because Nigerians Are Gullible–Reno Omokri

Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has observed that Nigerians are quick to forget the bad past of some ‘supposed’ corrupt politicians especially when these past public office holders become an overnight critics of the government in power.

The President’s mouthpiece on social media platforms made this observation on Twitter on Saturday in a series of tweets via his twitter handle, @renoomokri.

Omokri advised that “as a nation, we must confront the fallacy that corrupt ex-officials’ past are forgiven if they join the opposition and turn critics of government,” noting that, “it may be acceptable [for] political opposition to criticise the government, but it is unpatriotic to denigrate your nation because you are not in power.”

Commenting further, the President’s aide pointed out that, “the masses don’t give corrupt officials a deterrent if they celebrate them when they lose out in power as long as they turn overnight critics.”

He concluded by submitting that, “politicians can be corrupt because they believe the masses will forgive them tomorrow if they turn critics of the government that will be in power.”

Recall that some months ago, the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed that politicians steal public fund because they (politicians) know the masses won’t prosecute them.

Corruption in Nigeria especially among public office holders is believed to be on the rise despite the several wars against it by successive administrations.