Reno Omokri, a sympathizer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai over recent comments he made about the ruling party.

El-Rufai at an event in Abuja indicated that he doesn't recognize the APC, a party he helped form in 2025.

According to him, the party lacked internal democracy indicating that organs of the party like the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Caucus have not met in the last two years. He noted further that the party is deviating from its founding principles.

However, reacting to the post, Omokri called on Nigerians to disregard the comments by El-Rufai insinuating that the former governor is bitter because he missed out on a ministerial position.

He said: “Why did Peter Obi choose to make that statement on the same day that those men met? Look, the signs are obvious. Peter Obi knows, as I know, that their intentions for Nigeria are just state capture.

“Because Mr. Obi was part of the Jonathan administration, like myself, and knows that Nasir el-Rufai met President Jonathan at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, and began praising Dr. Jonathan after that meeting and urging the then-acting President to contest the 2011 Presidential election because he thought he would be named vice President by President Jonathan.

“But four days later, on May 15, 2010, when then-President Jonathan named Namadi Sambo the vice presidential nominee instead of him, Nasir el-Rufai began fighting him.

“Now, after having been snubbed by this administration, el-Rufai is up to his old antics.

“I call on Nigerians to remind Nasir el-Rufai of his diabolical history and tell him they would not stand for a military coup because he lost out on becoming a minister.”