Reno Omokri challenges claims by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that President Bola Tinubu is 90 years old. Omokri, in a social media post, presents a photograph he says was taken in 1996 showing Tinubu alongside Dele Momodu, arguing it raises doubts about Atiku’s age allegation.
Atiku, speaking in an interview with the BBC, says he has evidence that Tinubu is 90 and that he will present records in court. The outlets report Omokri’s argument is visual and contextual: if Tinubu were 90 in the relevant period, he says Momodu—standing in the same 1996 image—would likely have been in his 80s. Omokri also notes that he has not altered the photo and says Momodu is alive to verify its authenticity and timing.
While outlets broadly agree on the dispute and the photo-based rebuttal, their emphasis differs. Some focus on Omokri’s role as a former critic turned defender, while others highlight the broader political controversy over Tinubu’s age and reference the date of birth listed by the All Progressives Congress in Tinubu’s published biography as March 29, 1952.
