BOOK REVIEW | ''Reno Omokri's 'FACTS VERSUS FICTION'' is 99.9% fiction and Fallacy of Absurd-um-Japheth Gurgur (Social critic) .

Book Review

Title: "Facts versus Fiction"
Author: Reno Omokri
Reviewer: Gurgur Japheth
Date: 7/8/17

"Facts Versus Fiction: the Story of the Jonathan Years, 2015, Chibok and the Conspiracies" is a wonderful title not primarily because politics in Africa is full of facts and fiction but that the book itself is filled with more fiction as there could be facts.

On page 44 of this wonderful book, Pastor Reno Omokri posits;

"In Benue State, Jonathan substantially advanced the Loko-Oweto bridge and completed the Makurdi Water Supply Scheme supplying to 1 million people. He also rehabilitated the Lafia-Makurdi Road and the Aliade to Uturkpo Road and constructed a Perishable Cargo Terminal at the Makurdi Airport."

In my brief review, let me observe that as an eye witness, the portion of this beautiful book as it pertains Benue is Fiction. There is no "Makurdi Water Supply Scheme" anywhere completed by Jonathan "supplying to 1 million people". The Greater Makurdi Water Works initiated by former Governor George Akume and treatment plant was completed by former Governor Suswam is left without Reticulation and therefore supplies no water to anywhere as Makurdi people get water from River Benue through "Mai-Ruwa".

Second, "The Lafia-Makurdi Road and Aliade to Uturkpo Road" (sic) may only have been 'rehabilitated' on paper. The two roads remain Death traps.

Third, as we speak, there is no "Perishable Cargo Terminal at Makurdi Airport", the only Cargo Airport in our subconscious minds is the one at Daudu in Guma along Lafia Road which groundbreaking ceremony was done in 2016 by the former Supervising Minister of Aviation under Jonathan now Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom PhD.

In conclusion, the book by Pastor Reno Omokri, former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan is Fiction; no Facts (safe Oweto) as far as Benue is concerned. It is distant rumour.

It is 99.9% fiction. A fallacy of absurdum.

Gurgur Japheth is from the Commonwealth of Gboko, Benue - Nigeria

©Gurgur Japheth MP 2017