Social critic ,Reno Omokri has taken a swipe at the Daily Trust Newspapers over its reports on the new Presidential Jet acquired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu .
Omokri described the report published by the northern Newspapers under the headlines ” Revealed : US President Still Using 34-year old Plane while Nigeria abandoned 19-yearold aircraft .
The full statement reads :
Omokri said :
“Please fact-check me: You deliberately omitted to tell your readers that the U.S. has ordered a new Air Force One from Boeing, at the cost of $3.9 billion, which is over 300 times the cost of Nigeria’s new Presidential Jet.
“You also failed to inform your readers that it costs $177,843 an hour and $2,964 every minute for the US Air Force to maintain the current Air Force one that President Biden uses, which, when you calculate the yearly cost is more than the $100 million Nigeria spent on the new Presidential Jet.
“Finally, you additionally failed to tell your readers that the Presidential Aircraft that crashed and killed President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was an old one, and that it was better serviced than Nigeria’s old Presidential Jets.
“Daily Trust, what do you want to achieve by this mischievous reportage filled with half-truths? You have a nasty habit of attacking every Southern President. You did the same things to Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan, deliberately suppressing information and projecting only propaganda that would undermine their administrations.
“Yet, you spent eight years being General Buhari’s apologists.
“What is your agenda? Do you want President Tinubu to die like President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran? God forbid!