{"id":155850,"date":"2025-03-20T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:17:18","slug":"reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment","title":{"rendered":"Reno Omokri accuses Reuben Abati of political bias over call for Tinubu\u2019s impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential media aide Reno Omokri has criticised veteran journalist and broadcaster Dr. Reuben Abati, accusing him of political bias in his analysis of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s remarks regarding governance in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral video shared on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Omokri responded to a segment aired on Arise Television, where Abati claimed the President was acting as a dictator by suggesting that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would make laws for Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri refuted the claim, insisting that Abati had misrepresented the President\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president never said that. If you listen to the broadcast by the President on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, what the President said is that the new Administrator will not make any laws for Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, he will be free to make regulations, and those regulations will be under the supervision of the Federal Executive Council and will be promulgated by the President. Listen to the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president did not say that the Administrator would make laws. What the president said clearly, again, is that the administrator would make regulations under the supervision of the Federal Executive Council. Regulations, not laws,\u201d the former presidential media aide stated.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri further criticized Abati\u2019s understanding of governance and legal distinctions.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNow, there\u2019s a difference. And if a PhD holder does not know the difference between a regulation and a law, then it\u2019s a sad reflection on Nigeria\u2019s education sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also warned against misleading narratives that could fuel unnecessary agitation.<\/p>\n<p>His words: \u201cI\u2019m going to break it down for those who listened to Dr. Abati\u2019s broadcast and will now start maybe agitating for the National Assembly to impeach the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA law is a legal framework empowering a government or an authority. A regulation is a set of rules that enables a government or an authority to give effect to a law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omokri also questioned Abati\u2019s intent, suggesting that political bias might have influenced his interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s either he did not watch the President, or if he watched the President, then he does not understand the distinction between a regulation and a law. And there\u2019s another option. It is possible that he has been blinded by his own political bias,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri called on Nigerian media outlets to ensure clarity between news reporting and personal opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why it is important for television stations in Nigeria not to allow politically exposed persons to pass off their opinions as news. So it should be made clear to Nigerians who are watching any TV station that what you\u2019re watching is not news, but the opinion of a person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential media aide Reno Omokri has criticised veteran journalist and broadcaster Dr. Reuben Abati, accusing him of political bias in his analysis of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s remarks regarding governance in Rivers State. In a viral video shared on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Omokri responded to a segment aired on Arise Television, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,2415,12140,945],"class_list":["post-155850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-reno-omokri","tag-reuben-abati","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reno Omokri accuses Reuben Abati of political bias over call for Tinubu\u2019s impeachment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential media aide Reno Omokri has criticised veteran journalist and broadcaster Dr. Reuben Abati, accusing ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reno Omokri accuses Reuben Abati of political bias over call for Tinubu\u2019s impeachment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential media aide Reno Omokri has criticised veteran journalist and broadcaster Dr. Reuben Abati, accusing ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T10:03:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T17:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742457259.182679.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"549\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Reno Omokri accuses Reuben Abati of political bias over call for Tinubu\u2019s impeachment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T10:03:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T17:17:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742457259.182679.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Reno Omokri\",\"Reuben Abati\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reno-omokri-accuses-reuben-abati-of-political-bias-over-call-for-tinubus-impeachment\",\"name\":\"Reno Omokri accuses Reuben Abati of political bias over call for Tinubu\u2019s impeachment - 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