{"id":700028,"date":"2019-09-06T11:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/why-i-was-fired-by-former-president-obasanjo-in-2005-reno-omokri\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:48:50","slug":"why-i-was-fired-by-former-president-obasanjo-in-2005-reno-omokri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/why-i-was-fired-by-former-president-obasanjo-in-2005-reno-omokri\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Was Fired By Former President Obasanjo In 2005: Reno Omokri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_692575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-692575\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-692575 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/omokiri-reno-600x388.jpg\" alt=\"Reno Omokri\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-692575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reno Omokri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reno Omokri, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, has revealed that he was fired by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2005 solely because of his loyalty to former vice president Abubakar Atiku and that he was already collateral damage as a result of the feud between the former president and his vice president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Reno Omokri Advises Nigerians Patronising MTN, Shoprite, DSTV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Omokri made this known on his Twitter handle on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cObasanjo fired me in October 2005 SOLELY for my loyalty to then VP Atiku. I was COLLATERAL DAMAGE. Nevertheless, my RESPECT for Obj is stable as a Rock! My LOYALTY to <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">GEJonathan <\/span>and <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Atiku <\/span>is even STRONGER. My CONTEMPT for <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Buhari <\/span>and Abacha is STRONGEST.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>See his tweet below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obasanjo fired me in October 2005 SOLELY for my loyalty to then VP Atiku. I was COLLATERAL DAMAGE. Nevertheless, my RESPECT for Obj is stable as a Rock! My LOYALTY to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEJonathan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">@GEJonathan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atiku?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">@Atiku<\/a> is even STRONGER. My CONTEMPT for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBuhari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">@MBuhari<\/a> and Abacha is STRONGEST <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuyNigerianToPunishSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">#BuyNigerianToPunishSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renoomokri\/status\/1169894875371728896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reno Omokri Reno Omokri, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, has revealed that he was fired by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2005 solely because of his loyalty to former vice president Abubakar Atiku and that he was already collateral damage as a result of the feud between the former president and his vice president. 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