In a statement titled ‘My Response To Lai Mohammed and the
APC On Their Threat Of Legal Action’, one-time presidential aide and former minister
of aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has replied
to the threat of legal action being taken against him by APC after his
interview on channels where he alleged that the founder of the terror sect Boko
Haram is a member of the party.
According to FFK, Mohammed was at that time in his official
capacity as the spokesman of the ACN, which is a constituent part of the
present-day APC and which merged with other parties a few months later to form
the said APC.
He said “the same Lai Mohammed is now the spokesman of the
APC and I have no reason to believe that he has purged himself of his earlier
sympathies for that murderous organisation and it’s deadly activities.”
Statement below:
I wish to make it clear that I stand by every single
allegation and assertion that I made in the said interview and that I believe
strongly that the APC comprises of at least a handful of Boko Haram
sympathisers and questionable individuals who have at various times expressed a
certain degree of support for Boko Haram. I wish to state clearly and
categorically that Lai Mohammed, the official spokesman of the APC, is not only
a pathological liar and a shameless coward but that he did indeed make the said
comments about Boko Haram that I attributed to him in the interview.
Apart from being a pernicious liar he is also a malicious
and vindictive soul who is is either going senile and therefore habitually
forgets what he once said or who simply derives pleasure from creating even
more problems for his political party than they already have. Though he denied
it, it is on record that he protested about and opposed the proscription of
Boko Haram by the Federal Government in various newspapers on June 10th 2013
and he described such proscription as being unconstitutional and/or
extra-constitutional and wrong in various newspapers.
At that time he spoke in his official capacity as the
spokesman of the ACN which is a constituent part of the present-day APC and which
merged with other parties a few months later to form the said APC. The same Lai
Mohammed is now the spokesman of the APC and I have no reason to believe that
he has purged himself of his earlier sympathies for that murderous organisation
and it’s deadly activities. I should also add that the same Lai Mohammed, on
behalf of his party, opposed the idea of Boko Haram being labelled as a
terrorist organisation by the United States of America throughout last year. As
shameful as it is, this was his position and that of his party after that evil
and insidious terrorist organisation had slaughtered thousands of our
compatriots and innocent citizens and abducted, bombed and maimed our people.
This speaks volumes.
I would like to take this opportunity to state that I stand
by every word that I said about General Muhammadu Buhari in the said interview
and that his words and statements about Boko Haram and the agenda of those that
believe in and support Boko Haram raises a lot of questions. These words were
not in any way misconstrued or taken out of context in the said interview.
Finally I would like to state clearly and categorically that
the assertion and grave allegation that I have ”cut a deal with the Federal
Government” concerning my case with the EFCC in order to ”prevent me from going
to jail” is not only asinine but it is also absurd. It is a lie from the pit of
hell and it is a gratuitous and slanderous insult on not only the Nigerian
Judiciary, the Federal Government and my good self but also on the legal
profession as a whole and all those that are involved in the case. The case has
been in court for the past 7 years and I can say clearly and categorically that
no deals have been cut.
It is also clear that the prosecution is about to close it’s
case and for Lai Mohammed to suggest that some kind of deal has been cut is not
only libellous, extremely damaging and deeply malicious but it is also
contemptuous of the court proceedings. This matter will, of course, be taken up
at the highest level and Lai Mohammed will be required to produce the evidence
and the strictest proof of this so-called ”deal”. I have instructed my lawyers
to send a letter to Lai Mohammed and the APC to urge them to issue a public
apology within a specified period of time or else I will instigate legal
proceedings against them for this vicious and most malevolent form of libel and
defamation of character.
I look forward to seeing them in court where they can
produce the evidence of where this so-called ”deal” was cut between myself and
the Federal Government to ensure that ”I do not go to jail”. Finally those that
lack principle and the courage of their convictions and that have ended up
changing parties as many times as they change their soiled underpants can be
found in the APC more than anywhere else. This is self-evident. They are a
cultic set of strange bedfellows who are lusting after power but who, by the
grace of God, will never smell it.
The fact that they have a spokesman who not only lies about
his past statements and claims that he never said what he clearly said in the
past and the fact that this same individual claimed that I never joined the APC
in the first place proves to the world what a desperate, dirty, smutty and
wicked little fellow he really is. I look forward to meeting him and his
co-travellers in court and be rest assured that when we get there he and his
friends will get far more than they bargained for.
Finally on the allegation that I am attempting to
”ingratiate myself to and please the Federal Government” nothing could be
further from the truth and more absurd. My background and breeding would not
permit me to try to ingratiate myself to anyone or any institution for any
reason. Lai Mohammed and those that he represents and speaks for would not know
anything about this because they come from a completely different background
and a different world. For the record I have criticised the Federal Government
as much as anyone else over the last few years and I would be ready to do so
anyway and anytime where and when I feel that it is necessary.
I am also ready to criticise the excesses and the strange
and wicked tendencies of an irresponsible and egotistical opposition like the
APC where and when I believe that it is in the interest of Nigeria to do so.
This is because I have always spoken the truth regardless of whose ox is gored
and I am not used to operating in an evil cult of silence where no dissent is
tolerated or brooked and in which no-one is allowed to hold a contrary opinion
to the powers that be.
If I am to choose between the Federal Government and the PDP
on the one hand and the APC with it’s two-man dictatorial and fascistic
leadership on the other I would choose the former any day. Sadly it took me one
year of being amongst the APC to appreciate that and I thank God that I
eventually did and that, unlike many others, I had the courage to leave them
before it was too late. You may be used to intimidating and bullying others but
you cannot intimidate or bully me. I have no fear of you, your leaders, your
threats to my life which I have been receiving since I gave that interview or
your threats of imminent destruction and litigation.
I am not a man of war but a man of peace. I deplore strife
and rancour. However I do not shirk away from a fight or a controversy when I
am sufficiently provoked or threatened no matter how big and powerful the bully
that issues that threat may be. By the time this is all over you will know that
I serve a Living God who is more than able to fight my battles for me. All I have
to do is to watch and pray.
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