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Former Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh has corroborated Reno Omokri’s statement that he hired Segun Showunmias the spokesperson for former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

In a phone call with newsmen, Metuh affirmed Reno’s statement saying Reno truly hired Segun as Atiku’s spokesperson.

According ton him, “It happened in 2018 when I was still in politics. When Reno called me to recommend someone for Atiku, I initially thought of Deji Adeyanju but I remembered that he had left the PDP. I had encouraged him to set up advocacy group to fight Nigeria’s course.”

“Then, I remembered Segun so I recommended Segun to Reno. I told him to call Reno and he called Reno and that was it.”

Speaking further, the former spokesperson for the PDP said there is absolutely no controversy over the recommendation and subsequently, the announcement of Segun as Waziri’s spokesperson.

According to him, “There is absolutely no controversy about that.”

Meanwhile, before concluding the chat, Metuh quizzed saying, “I don’t think they are(Reno and Segun) still in PDP anymore and so, there is no controversy about that.”

Recall that Omokri who is the former spokesperson to ex president Goodluck Jonathan had earlier said in an interview that he hired Segun and other aide of the former Vice President. Omokri made the disclosure during a chat on The Honest Bunch podcast while negating a comment made by one of the anchors that he gained more public prominence as a spokesperson to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

In his statement which he equally posted on his Facebook page, the bestselling author and foremost advocate for Made-in-Nigeria goods said he even negotiated Segun’s salary as spokesperson to Atiku Abubakar.

According to him, “If I am nothing at all, I am a meticulous record keeper. In May 2018, Olisa Metuh, the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, recommended Segun Showunmi for the role of spokesman to Waziri Atiku Abubakar.

Mr. Metuh asked Segun Showunmi to send his resume (what we call a CV) to me. Thereafter, Olisa Metuh asked Segun Showunmi to contact me for a job interview.

I spoke to Segun Showunmi from California and negotiated his salary with him. I thereafter informed Waziri Atiku Abubakar, and Segun Showunmi was announced as his spokesman on the terms I negotiated with him.

If there is any controversy or if anybody is using foul language to deny the obvious truth, then I urge the media to contact Mr. Olisa Metuh, who is an eyewitness and who was the one who recommended Segun Showunmi to me for employment as Waziri Atiku's spokesman.
After he was employed, Mr. Segun Showunmi returned to Mr. Olisa Metuh to thank him for recommending him to me.

I do not want to be forced to publish documentary evidence. I would rather not. But if I have to, then I can.

I urge anyone wanting to deny the obvious to think twice. Again, I repeat that if I am nothing at all, at least I am a meticulous record keeper.”

2special:
The reason why this guy is angry with Peter Obi is that Peter Obi refused to be vice president in the last election.... that couldn't given Tinubu the chance compared to when they compete with Buhari... this guy was hurts.

MijinDagu:
Facts always speak itself to be proven. I strongly believe that what Pastor Reno says are factual.

helinues:
The same way Reno made Peter Obi to be the vice of Atiku in 2019 election but the ingrates supporters of Peter Obi have a low memory

helinues:
The same way Reno made Peter Obi to be the vice of Atiku in 2019 election but the ingrates supporters of Peter Obi have a low memory

GeneralPula:
Reno self don try for the game o..

Nah Man hin be, him no be bolo..

helinues:
Peter Obi left Pdp without informing anyone . Why should he be considered to be VP in 2023? Did anyone force him out of the party?

anonimi:
2023: PDP and politics of healing Wike’s self-inflicted injury

Then, the race began in earnest for three years now, reaching a frenzy with the works of the two PDP committees on zoning. The first was the Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi committee on the zoning of the PDP party offices. The Ugwuanyi committee quickly told the world the committee’s assignment did not cover zoning the office of the president. Though this was true, the question is: why didn’t the Ugwuanyi committee zone the PDP chairmanship to the North without aligning it to the divide that would produce the PDP presidential flag-bearer? The second committee headed by Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state was specifically on the zoning of the presidential ticket and, with the votes of the representatives of all the 17 Southern states without any exception, the Committee unanimously recommended throwing open the PDP presidential ticket, which the PDP NEC simply upheld.

One thing irrefutably stands out – Wike shot himself in the leg. Here was a man who had an overarching influence on both committees but could not insist that the ticket be zoned South. Many had wondered why? The reason is also relatively in plain sight: the Southeast factor. As the clamour for zoning of the presidential ticket of the PDP to South reached its crescendo, many had pointed out the fact that though the PDP Constitution had prescribed zoning of the office of the president to be between North and South since the South-west and South-south had taken their turns in producing the president and the vice in this current dispensation in the persons of Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, zoning this time around, should not just be to the South but the Southeast.

Atiku Abubakar went a step further by offering to step down from the race if it would be agreed that the touted zoning to the South would mean micro-zoning to the Southeast. Wike and the rest could not take the Atiku challenge maybe because Atiku would likely back Peter Obi, who was his vice-presidential running mate in 2019 and an ally. The prospects of Peter Obi picking the ticket if PDP zoned South was so real compelling Wike to go for an open contest, believing he could pick it up ahead of Atiku, Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, given his large war chest.

https://www.thecable.ng/2023-pdp-and-politics-of-healing-wikes-self-inflicted-injury/amp

anku90:
Showunmi have no moral capacity to deny this gigantic facts

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA7PoGtSvKo&feature=youtu.be

anonimi:
Yes, Wike effectively forced him out of PDP and helped ebilokan smuggle himself into Aso Rock to continue APC shege that was fraudulently sold as change 10 years ago.

OredoPikin:
Your aim on nairaland na to look for any topic with OBi and rush to comment rubbish 😂🤣
Whoever is paying u guys is really wasting money aswear
U dont comment on national issues
But immediately is Obi, u jump from ur hole to comment 😂

helinues:
The same way Reno made Peter Obi to be the vice of Atiku in 2019 election but the ingrates supporters of Peter Obi have a low memory

OredoPikin:
Lolz
He nor try anything
Atiku left Wike and started relying on people with zero electoral values.
Reason he can never be president

helinues:
The same way Reno made Peter Obi to be the vice of Atiku in 2019 election but the ingrates supporters of Peter Obi have a low memory