Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has said people from Kwara State are Northerners.

Omokri said this amid a displeasure displayed by some Northerners regarding the political appointments made by President Bola Tinubu.

According to the Northerners, some people from the North who made Tinubu's appointment list are Yoruba, like their counterparts in the Southwest.

Reacting, Omokri wrote on Facebook , "If you believe that they are Lukumi Yoruba and not Northerners, then redraw Nigeria's map. Sardauna Ahmadu Bello did not do this. Murtala Muhammed did not either. Even your mentor, General Buhari, who recently publicly rejected you, did not do this."

He also took a swipe at a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, for criticising Tinubu's appointments.

He said, "Malam Nasir El-Rufai el-Rufai should not destroy Nigeria because of his selfish interest. He ought to think twice before dividing the monolithic North. He is not the first person not to be appointed as a Minister.

"Nasir and his surrogates are so desperate to destabilise Nigeria that they listed eighty-three prominent positions allegedly held by Lukumi Yorubas. In their desperation, they failed to inform their followers that there are more positions held by Northerners in this administration, which I have previously listed.

"Now, let me speak directly to Nasir el-Rufai.

"Was it not you, Nasir El-Rufai, as Governor of Kaduna, who said on video that you would give preference to Muslims and those from Northern Kaduna?

"Even you, Nasir El-Rufai, are you even from Kaduna State? Without General Buhari, could you have emerged as Governor?

"Your personality, vindictiveness, and mean-spiritedness are familiar. Let me not mention Kogi, a state that I admire.

"A nod is as good as a wink."