Fani-Kayode
By Isa Isawade
Former Minister of Aviation and stalwart of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said the reason he hated and continued to campaign against the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was its refusal to declare the Fulani herdsmen as terrorists.
Fani-Kayode said this while on a television programme as a guest of the AIT Weekend show on Saturday morning.
According to him, the President has continued to protect the violent herdsmen against the rest of Nigerians.
He said other countries of the world had declared Fulani herdsmen as “Fulani Terrorists”, but that the Nigerian government under President Buhari had refused to do so, but would prefer to protect the herdsmen and allow them to continue to kill Nigerians.
On the RevolutionNow protesters, he declared full support for the group and its leader, Omoyele Sowore, adding that the group was just expressing grievance “legitimately and should be allowed to do so”.
“People have the legitimate right to come out and say whatever they want to say under freedom of speech.
“Protest is legitimate in every society. It’s done everywhere in the world! You bow to the will of the people, you listen to them, you don’t lock them up or charge them with treason”, he said.
Fani-Kayode added that what the government did by arresting Sowore was an abuse of power.
“You don’t start locking up people because they say they want revolution. Doing that will amount to killing a fly with hammer.”
Fani-Kayode (right) at the programme Saturday morning.
He further went on to accuse the President himself and the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as once coming out in 2013 to call for revolution.
“Buhari, Tinubu once came out to call for revolution in 2013, and you now start locking people up for doing same now. Why the double standard? He asked.
When the interviewer pointed to him that there had been some violation of the law in terms of violent acts on the part of the organisers of the RevolutionNow protests such as videos of cars being destroyed, and pictures of the convener, Omoyele Sowore defacing public properties and so on, he said ” I don’t support violence. I was also in government for a long time. Nobody is defending that. However, when you have people go out for a legitimate demonstration, and a few of them misbehave, even though criminal and it’s wrong, you don’t get up and say the whole organisation is proscribed which is what happened in the case of IMN. In the case of IPOB, it is worse. You killed thousands of them. It’s IPOB today, it could be you tomorrow. People have the right to say they want to secede.”
When one of his interviewers urged him to exercise caution in his utterances which tended to promote disunity in the country, he responded angrily and charged at the interviewer by saying “it was too forward of you to tell me that”.
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Femi Fani Kayode just like his father, we are not surprise, he’s father died because he’s was always at the negative side of things, Femi you a lawyer and refuse to listen to what happen before you jumped in to a discussion, he’s trying to make name, and he’s doing it in a wrong way, Because PMB is a Fulani, then who cares! Femi Fani Kayode is a lawyer and don’t know what’s felony offence, Sowore was a presidential candidate I think you remember that, he did not have 10,000 votes, what that that tells you, Fani Kayode you can now see that you’re the COWARD! it will be your turn soon, Peter de-rock, Ayodele Fayose, now OMO OLUABI, he listen to his people, you’re a complete disgrace to legal legal profession in Nigeria,
Fani I Kayode, is a great Nigerian. I am so glad that Nigeria nation still have dependable, people oriented and selfless politician.
Nigerians, especially the downtrodden, should have solace, the task might seem hard, but with prayers, Fani Kayode will keep on speaking out against injustices, prejudices, imbalance and nepotism in the present dispensation.
Ordinarily, Fani Kayode would have, just like MOST selfish politicians occupying varying positions in Nigeria’s body politics, be selfishly supporting the absurdities in Buhari’s government for pecuniary interest.
The fulani herdsmen killers are inherently the biggest problem facing Nigeria nation today. Their atrocious acts of violence, mayhem and carnage is a threat to Nigeria’s unity.
Buhari must be mindful of these threats posed by the fulani herdsmen killers, there comes a time when silence is justifiably viewed as connivance.
What a horrendous government. What a political pestilence. What a prejudiced ruler. What an ethnic leaning president. What an uninspiring and untrustworthy man. What an incredibly tyrannical and despotic regime. What a situation.
I take a stroll. Nonsense.
Fully Frustrated Felon Fani Fayode
Why didn’t you ask your father OBJ to proscribe the Odua People’s Congress when they were having a field day committing genocide during his tenure?
Or simply declare the entire Yoruba race as terrorists. FFK is a moron
Nasty old thief Kayode.