{"id":123086,"date":"2025-10-21T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123086"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:48:54","slug":"atikus-aide-slams-omokri-questions-tinubus-school-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atikus-aide-slams-omokri-questions-tinubus-school-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku\u2019s Aide Slams Omokri, Questions Tinubu\u2019s School Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Special Adviser on Media to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,\u00a0 Mr. Paul Ibe, has challenged former presidential aide, Reno Omokri to explain the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu\u2019s secondary school certificate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ibe threw the challenge while reacting to Omokri\u2019s recent comments on issues of credibility and integrity among political figures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He accused the former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of being disloyal and inconsistent in his public postures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The war of words began after Mike Arnold criticized Omokri, describing him as a \u201cpathological liar\u201d and likening his style of propaganda to that of Nazi propagandist,\u00a0 Joseph Goebbels.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ibe subsequently joined the fray, asserting that Omokri had no moral standing to question anyone\u2019s credibility.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a sharp rebuke, Ibe dared Omokri to \u201cexplain how Tinubu obtained a secondary school certificate from Government College, Lagos,\u201d noting that the school was allegedly not in existence at the time the certificate was purportedly issued.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, \u201cOmokri should first tell Nigerians how Tinubu got a secondary school certificate from a school that was not founded until years after the date stated on the certificate. 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