Reno Omokri, a public analyst and former media assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, claimed that Super Eagles football player Ademola Lookman accomplished for his nation, Nigeria, what well-known Nigerian musician Davido and UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch were unable to.
After Lookman was named the CAF Footballer of the Year for the previous year, Omokri revealed this in a statement released on Tuesday on his X account.
Lookman was said to have given a stirring statement of gratitude.
I failed in front of the world: https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/17/caf-awards-2024
In his closing statements, the Atalanta striker startled everyone by speaking Yoruba.
In response, Omokri stated that Lookman took use of the occasion to talk favorably about the Nigeria project instead of acting like Davido and Badenoch, who made fun of Nigeria on the international scene with their remarks.
“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.
Remember how Davido faced criticism for calling Nigeria’s economy in ruins?
Badenoch faced criticism more recently for calling Nigeria “a very poor country” where the police rob people.
