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I read the
response of the APC through it's spokesman Lai Mohammed to my allegations and
assertions in the interview that I gave to Channels TV on 30th June 2014. The
said response appeared in a number of newspapers on 1st July 2014.
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.http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles.
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 gratutious and
slanderous insult on not only the Nigerian Judiciary, the Federal Government
and my goodself 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, extreemly damaging
and deeply malicious but it is also contemptuos 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 anyday 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.
Permit me to end this
response by pointing out the fact that if any group of people are guilty of
''returning to their vomit'', the APC and most of it's leaders are more so than
anyone else. They have also been rolling in their own faeces for many
years. Whether they wish to accept it or not the stench of their
yesteryears stalks them till today. No matter how hard they try nothing can
change that and nothing can make that awful stench go away.
May God guide and help
them and their party to see the light and to appreciate the virtues and beauty
of a decent and peaceful secular state where violence and religious
fundamentalism of any sort has no place. And may He deliver them from
continuosly and habitually treading the path of division, rancor, lies, deceit,
bullying, intimidation and self-destruction before it is too late. Hell will
freeze over before I issue Lai Mohammed or the APC any type of apology for what
I have said. If they are waiting for that they will wait forever. I look
forward to seeing them in court and may God's will be done.
signed: CHIEF FEMI
FANI-KAYODE
APC's statement
yesterday reads in part
I have caused my
attorneys to formally write both Fani-Kayode and Channel television, where he
made his allegation, to retract the statement and apologize, failing which I
will sue for defamation of character.”
Our position on Boko
Haram has been well articulated for anyone who cares to know, but at no time
did we condemn the government for proscribing it. When the state of emergency
was declared on three northern states, we criticized it and we stand by that.
But we did not condemn the proscription of Boko Haram. We are not Boko Haram
sympathizers and we cannot be under any circumstance.
Equally irresponsible
and condemnable is Mr. Fani-Kayode’s deliberate distortion of statements made
in the past by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to mean that he or his party is a
sympathizer of Boko Haram.
It is common knowledge
that Mr. Fani-Kayode has been charged by the Federal Government with money
laundering. The trial is almost ending, and he knows he faces a certain jail
term if convicted.
It is therefore not
impossible that Mr. Fani-Kayode may be seeking to ingratiate himself to the FG
by using various media platforms to destroy the APC through accusing its
leaders of being Boko Haram sponsors or that the party is bent on fielding a
Muslim/Muslim ticket in next year’s presidential elections.
Unfortunately, in his
eagerness to please the FG and cut a deal to avoid going to jail, he has
resorted to pathological lies aimed at calling the dog a bad name in order to
hang it. Whatever evidence he has to prove that our party is a sponsor of Boko
Haram, he should be prepared to tender such in court,” APC said.
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