Two former close associates of Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Reno Omokri and Segun Showunmi who left him for the camp of President Bola Tinubu were last night engaged in a fight for political superiority.
Omokri who served in the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency and subsequently worked for Atiku Abubakar before recently becoming a social media bully for Tinubu started the drama with a claim of recruiting Showunmi for the Atiku camp.
Two former close associates of Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Reno Omokri and Segun Showunmi who left him for the camp of President Bola Tinubu were last night engaged in a fight for political superiority.
Omokri who served in the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency and subsequently worked for Atiku Abubakar before recently becoming a social media bully for Tinubu started the drama with a claim of recruiting Showunmi for the Atiku camp.
Speaking during an episode of The Honest Bunch podcast released on Monday night, June 23, 2025, Omokri said: “Atiku wanted me to be his spokesperson. I said no, I’m not going to be a spokesperson for a president and then be a spokesperson for a presidential candidate. But, I hired his media team, and I hired Segun Showunmi; I interviewed him and set his salary.”
Responding to the claim, the normally bombastic Showunmi took to X (formerly Twitter) referencing a post by Imran Muhammad, one of the leading Pro-Buhari social media users, to repudiate him.
Showunmi said:
“It will be a waste of saliva responding to this rubbish. Amina Jambo, my friend, got Lulu Obaifo to convince me to visit Waziri, and when I did. I asked the questions and then visited Uyi Giwa Osagie. Then, he got a call from Ogd while they were in Dubai, then got to Abuja, then agreed with Atiku, then met with Dane Waters of met Eta Uso, then met Yemi Hilda.”
Showunmi continued: “The younger man is delusional. I first set eyes on him at a Defence of London advertising in Dubai! Believe Reno if you like nonstop talking of rubbish.
“Ask him what the terms were and what the role of the then COS of Atiku, the Maiduguri man. Hire ko, hire ni.
“That was how he kept screaming rubbish about drugs and the President and what he was later to pretend to forget now that he talks rubbish.
“Na who no know Reno dey listen to his trash!”
It will be waste of saliva responding to this rubbish. Amina Jambo my friend got Lulu Obaifo to convince me to visit Waziri and when I did. I asked the questions then visited Uyi Giwa Osagie. Then got a call from Ogd while they were in Dubai then got to Abuja, then agreed with… https://t.co/cS9zmBqCpK
— Segun(
)Showunmi (PhD) (@SegunShowunmi) June 23, 2025