A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi
Fani-Kayode, has recounted his ordeals in the hands of the party and the ruling
All Progressives Congress, APC.
Fani-Kayode, in a lengthy article he wrote at the weekend,
in response to the reactions by many Nigerians to his rumoured plan to defect
to the APC, said that most political leaders in the country have not been able
to face hardship or deprivation and violation of rights he has experienced
under PDP and APC governments.
He said this experiences have become the norm to people like
him and they are used to them and have continued to struggle and fight the
system regardless.
“Do you know that I have not been able to travel out of
Nigeria for the last 13 years because my passport was first seized by a PDP
government for eight years and then by an APC government for five years?” The
politician said.
“Do you know that I could not even go for medical check-ups
outside the country because of that?
Fani-Kayode also recounted how he was locked up with Boko
Haram suspects but did not complain or stop speaking truth to power.
“Do you know I was locked up by both PDP and APC Federal
Governments for no just cause?” He said.
“Do you know I was even locked up in Boko Haram detention
centres with Boko Haram suspects?”
According to him, not many people being referred to as
“relevant” and “great” leaders in the country can go through this without
cracking.
Speaking further, Fani-Kayode his first wife, Regina and her
daughter, Remi, were subjected to horrors by a PDP government and had “to go
into exile and live abroad.
“Do you know what hell my ex-wife Precious and first son
Aragorn were subjected to by the APC government?
“Yet leaders like me that make these sacrifices and speak
the truth you describe as having no relevance, no consistency and you hate.
“You mock, ridicule, insult and believe the very worst about
us at the drop of a hat. Some even have the nerve and effrontery to say we are
not politicians simply because we have not run for elective office…”
The rumour of the PDP chieftain dumping the party for the
APC, a party he had described in many unprintable words, has been in the news
for weeks now with many Nigerians expressing shock.
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