Former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and public analyst, Reno Omokri, praised Super Eagles footballer Ademola Lookman for his positive representation of Nigeria, contrasting his actions with those of Nigerian music star Davido and UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.
Reno Omokri’s statement came after Lookman was awarded the CAF Footballer of the Year title and delivered a powerful appreciation speech, in which he even spoke Yoruba.
Reno Omokri commended Lookman for speaking positively about Nigeria instead of mocking the country like Davido and Badenoch had done on the global stage.
“Recently, the singer David Adeleke was given a global stage to do whatever he wanted and deliver any message.
“Sadly, Mr. Adeleke used the opportunity to speak in an American accent. Not only that, he used that American accent to talk down on Nigeria and tell the world not to invest in Nigeria because, as he put it, Nigeria’s ‘economy is in shambles.
“Coincidentally, a month after his faux pas, Kemi Badenoch, probably inspired by Davido, used her British accent to talk down Nigeria, calling us ‘a very poor country’ where the police rob citizens.
“And just when we thought it was all bad news, God gave us a breath of fresh air in the youthful Ademola Lookman, who used the global podium granted to him by his winning the 2024 African Footballer of the Year award to promote and project Nigeria and the Lukumi Yoruba language to the world,” he said.
