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Reno Omokri, former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has accused Itse Sagay of “spending too much time poking his nose into other people’s affairs and too little focus on his own business”.

In a statement on Monday, Omokri berated the chairman, presidential advisory committee on anti-corruption (PACAC), for his “jaundiced” judgement on Jonathan.

He was speaking in reaction to a comment credited to Sagay as saying “if Jonathan had another three years in the office, we all will be crossing Sahara to Libya”.

Omokri said such comment is “unjustifiable” as it “flies against the facts on the ground”.

He said the World Bank had reported that the Nigerian economy fared better under Jonathan than Buhari and that Transparency International also said corruption is worse today than under Jonathan.

“The Global Hunger Index says Nigerians are more hungry today than under Jonathan. Nigeria moved from 4th most terrorised nation in the world in 2015 to 3rd most terrorised nation in the Global Terrorism Index for 2017,” he said.

“Furthermore, under President Muhammadu Buhari, the United Nations reveals that there has been a massive increase in the number of Nigerians fleeing Nigeria via the desert with 602,000 leaving annually and 27,000 dying every year either in the Sahara Desert or the Mediterranean Sea.

“So by what parameter is Sagay using to make his jaundiced judgment?

“Professor Sagay spends too much poking his nose into other people’s affairs and too little focus on his own business, that is why under his watch as chairman of PACAC, Maina got recalled, reinstated, double promoted and still received salary (according to his lawyer).”

“My advice to Professor Itse Sagay is that while he may be unjustifiably pointing one finger at former President Jonathan, four of his own fingers are justifiably pointing back to him and his puppet master.”