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A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has likened US President Donald Trump’s involvement of his son Baron Trump in his newly inaugurated government to how President Bola Tinubu keeps his son Seyi Tinubu close, even on foreign trips....TAP TO READ THE FULL CONTENT | TAP TO READ THE FULL CONTENT
Since Tinubu got sworn-in in 2023, many have constantly criticized the fact that Seyi Tinubu is always in the shadows with the President, even during the Federal Executive Council meetings in Abuja.
Reacting, Reno Omokri revealed that such a relationship is nothing abnormal because such is obtainable even in the West.
He wrote on Facebook, “I hope Nigerians saw how President Trump publicly and proudly acknowledged his son, Barron Trump, for playing an integral part in his victory by getting him on the biggest and most listened podcasts targeting the Gen Z crowd. He openly stated that Baron would have a role formal or informal, to play in his government. Which is as it should be.
“This is not the first time. In the previous Trump administration, it was Ivanka who played that role.
“Hopefully, those who have attacked and attempted to create controversies out of Seyi Tinubu’s contribution to his father’s election, and work to ensure the success of the Tinubu administration, can see that what Seyi is doing is neither illegal or unusual.
“George W Bush did it when his father, George H W Bush was President. Sir Mark Thatcher did it to an even higher degree when his mother, Margaret Thatcher, was Prime Minister.
“Even Hunter Biden was very involved in his father’s government. The only difference is that he lacked capacity, while Seyi Tinubu is resourceful.
“It is not President Tinubu’s fault if your own son is busy in London living a life you do not want brought into the spotlight, or if others have children who are not so independently successful.
“Seyi Tinubu is an independently successful young man, with strong patriotic credentials and deserves to contribute his quota to the success of his father’s government without being attacked by people who are not proud enough of their own offspring to bring them to limelight.”
Reno Omokri’s words come amid rumours that Seyi Tinubu will contest the 2027 governorship election in Lagos.
Though Seyi Tinubu is yet to confirm the rumours, an attempt at the governorship position will see him occupy the seat his father occupied from 1999 to 2007.
