A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says his closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday has earned him insults.
Fani-Kayode, an ardent critic of the President, laments on Wednesday, that what transpired at the meeting had been the subject of so much “online speculation.”
Writing on his Facebook page, he insists that he has a right to pay a courtesy visit to Jonathan, just as governors who belong to the opposition All Progressives Congress do.
He notes that he will not declare if he is dumping the APC or not over an alleged plan by the party to field a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket.
“What I have said is very simple and clear. I will say nothing until I am ready. Let those that are insulting me and making assumptions continue to do so. That, in itself, tells me a lot,” he stated in a reply to an inquiry by one of his Facebook fans.
The former minister, however, adds that he aligns himself with the opinion of one of his friends, Biodun Ishola-Ladepo, who he quotes as saying, “If I were Femi Fani-Kayode and my party planned to field a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket, especially in the age of Boko Haram, I would bolt faster than Hussein Bolt.”
Fani-Kayode says he is glad that “someone is seeing things clearly”, adding that he wants the leadership of the party to break its “silence” on the issue.
“This is not about leaving parties but about principle. Let us hope that the leadership of the APC sees it fit to clarify this matter at the soonest and assure us all that they will do no such thing.
“Their silence on the matter and their refusal to rule it out is simply fuelling more speculation and dissent from within,” he adds.
Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode has continued to receive online criticisms occasioned by his visit to the Presidential Villa.
Special Assistant to a former Governor of Kwara State, Abubakar Saraki, on Media and Advocacy, Bamikole Omishore, accuses Fani-Kayode of making a “U-turn.”
Urging him to give a comprehensive explanation for the circumstances surrounding his visit to the Villa, Saraki’s aide tweets, “I’m sure Femi Fani-Kayode is loving all this attention. I’m still waiting for his next letter on why he left or why he is not leaving.
“I’m still waiting for him to tweet on his decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party. Want to know the rationale behind the U-turn.”
Also on Twitter, Ville Tony in a protest message to the former minister writes that it was high time Nigerians realised that their political leaders were not guided by ideology.
“It is time Nigerians realised that our politicians are a bunch of selfish sociopaths! I was of the mind that Fani-Kayode’s criticisms of GEJ were based on sound ideological leaning. But his defection to PDP reeks of opportunism,” Tony says.
Arguing that it will be out of place for Fani-Kayode to decamp to the party (PDP) he had once described as a “sinking ship”, one Adékúnlé Al-Muftau writes on Facebook that his body language speaks volumes.
Al-Muftau says, “There is nothing wrong in visiting one’s President; there is nothing wrong with standing against a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket. But so much will be wrong with you leaving APC to go back to a PDP you once described as a sinking ship.
“I understand you did not say you have jumped ship, but saying ‘I will talk when I am ready’ could as well mean ‘Read my body language.’ You said APC governors visited the President, is it not part of the governors’ job to meet with their President? That analogy does not correctly equate your visit and theirs. But then you have a right to visit your President. We are patiently waiting for you to talk.”
But the Presidency says Fani-Kayode’s visit to Presidential Villa is a good development, adding that he is “welcome home.”
The Presidency, through the Special Assistant to Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, states on Twitter that Fani-Kayode’s homage to the President is as a result of some previous extensive discussions.
“I’m glad that what we discussed has materialised. My joy knows no bound. You never belonged with them. Welcome back home!” Omokri says.
Lending a voice of support to Fani-Kayode, political blogger, Japheth Omojuwa, says he should not be castigated for whatever decisions he takes.
“You may not like Fani-Kayode but to say a Muslim/Muslim ticket would not be an issue in an increasingly polarised Nigeria is to deny reality,” Omojuwa says in a Twitter post. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteHis decamping to PDP will help him wriggle out of the EFCC net. I am sure the FG must be using that (decamping to PDP) to let him off the hook for his money laundering trial. In Nigeria, anything goes!!!
ReplyDeleteI knew dis man was selfish. So he is decamping bcs dey denied him of VP in APC. Daz just de begning
ReplyDeleteAm not surprise @ his action because femi fani-kayode is not man of his word and he is political harlot. He submited to presidency because of corruption cases hanging on his neck@ efcc
ReplyDeleteFemi Fani Kayode as a Nigerian and as well an individual has rights to all it takes to be a human being and to do what he did, if he decides to decamp to PDP, am so sure he has the right to do so, if somebody is insulting him for meeting with our president that person has a lot of scores to settle with his gods, what will the so called Bukola Sarki SA say when the Imo State Governor who is the next to jump out jumps out? Since our president had been declared a life time enemy of APC members, we don't have problem with that but we are praying for him(President)God who had sent him on this errand will never abandon him, God bless president Jonathan !God bless Nigeria!!
ReplyDeleteWho is losing sleep on FFK? It is already a lose, lose situation for him whether he remains in APC or defects. I am sure he will be sidelined in APC and PDP will never take him serous again. He might even turn out to be a mole for either party. APC is yet to conduct it's national convention talk less of presidential primaries. So, where does he get this combination ticket theory that he bandies about? He is not a seasoned politician but a political jobber and we will not feel his absence. The president might give him a house in Aso rock. Who cares?
ReplyDeleteHe will soon beg for forgiveness, after all he once said he had sex with Bianca Ojukwu.
ReplyDeleteHe should remember that the Nigerians of today are not the Nigerians of yesteryears that he thinks he can play with. Gone are the days of political hara-kiri. We are wiser than before. He is afraid of jail. He is one of those to be jailed as soon as Buhari comes to power, He has seen the hand writing on the wall. Many of them including his former boss has been slated for confinement. Trust MB, note he did it when he came to power, during Buhari/Idiagbon govt.
I have always said Buhari is not a democrat, He robbed Shagari of his mandate so he is an armed robber and look at what you saying about him that he will throw somebody in to jail just as he has done in the past, this is democracy he can not he has no such power no president has that power if he is a democrat, you go to court and if court say no jail it is no and if anyone is put to jail then that is a DICTATOR who Buhari is.
DeleteNigerians and their opinions, let's watch and see the end 2015 is around the corner even Oct 1st 2014, whether PDP or ACN, jobbers or oppositions..... "finger crossed"
ReplyDeleteA Big fool that want recognision by all means
ReplyDeleteWith a corruption case against Fani-Kayode at EFCC, Jonathan should never have granted him audience, regardless of what was discussed. It sends the wrong message to the nation and gives people an ample opportunity to speculate. I fault the President all the way. He should be more smart than that, but sometimes he gives me the impression from his actions and decisions, that both he and most of his advisers are not very smart. Kayode is a tinted good who should be kept at a distance and treated neither as a friend nor a foe. President Jonathan, please put on your thinking cap, if you have one.
ReplyDeleteTime they say changes everything , before PDP as ship was sinking eemmh but now is sailing and very seriously navigating and I have to report to Nigerians that all the components in the ship is well responding . That is a typical Yoruba man for you . Never you bank on him otherwise he will let you know that there are many forests in the western Nigeria that produce chameleons . I de laugh .
ReplyDeletedis mata worths cryin 4 d futur of 9ja. pls y ar these pple playin wt d lyfs of d unburns? whr is sincerity f purpose again? y ar w using religion and etnicity 2 cover our selfish interest? My pple, lets wake up & face a reality. these politicians ar our enemies. FFK and co, God go judge u wit ur intentions. Try and carry all u acquire to heaven wen u die.
ReplyDeleteFFK is just a political Harlot. He is not worth loosing sleep on.
ReplyDeleteI am nt surpised wth dis actions of FFK, who know know shld try n study him very well, during OBJ government, he neva talked good abt him until he was given appointment nw Jonathan knows what he want to mute him, datvis d reason y he was invited to d villa. My advice is dat APC leaders shld be kiaful bcos he is a carmellion n political whore. EFCC net is open for u EUither u decamp to join ur sinking ship or remain in APC. Big foooooooooool like Okupe.
ReplyDeletepeople should stop critisizing FFK. He is doing his political Arithmetics which is a norm in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThis drug addict FFK is only looking for money and possibly employment since he has been jobless for many years. Has he finished farming out his wife and daughters for political favours or have they now been dumped as trash? Egbon Femi, Nigerians now know you better and are not taken in by your hypocrisy.
ReplyDeletePOLITICAL PARTY IS JUST LIKE A CLOTH TO THE BODY WHILE IDEAOLOGY REPRESENT SKIN TO THE BODY. CLOTH CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME BUT SKIN CANNOT. FFK HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CHANGE HIS CLOTH IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE SKIN.
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