APC chieftain to party: Fani-Kayode insulted our leaders, don’t accept him

“Any association between the party leadership and Fani-Kayode was indicative of problem of values.”

News Agency of Nigeria • February 9, 2021

Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) against admitting Femi Fani-Kayode into its fold.

Mr. Lukman said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, while reacting to Fani-Kayode’s visit to the chairman of the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, alongside Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi.

Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation under former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been a leading voice in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“The speculation is that Fani-Kayode is on his way to join the APC. The verdict in most media platforms is quite disturbing,” Mr. Lukman said.

According to him, admitting Mr. Fani-Kayode into APC is not a good idea, going by terrible statements credited to him by the media against the party and its leadership.

He said the meeting between APC leaders and Fani-Kayode was a pointer that he might be on his way to joining the party.

“Assuming the open letter to our national leader, which is all over the media at the time of such reception, wasn’t offensive.

“What of the open letter he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020,” Lukman said.

He said Mr. Fani-Kayode used abusive language against the APC and its leaders besides the open letters.

“Nigerians, including APC and non-APC members would appear to be in agreement that any association between the party leadership and Fani-Kayode was indicative of problem of values.

“Without being academic in any way, the issue of values is basically about the qualities of people and the vision they hold,” he explained.

Mr. Lukman charged the party’s leadership to be mindful of those it attracts into its fold and the kind of people it aspired to attract, saying, “Not everyone should be welcomed.”

He added, “Fani-Kayode has fabricated stories, distorted, insulted, and damaging information about our party and our leaders.

“Elementary rule of decency would require some good distance between our leaders and such a person. Not even the ward leaders where he is located should be associated with him except for reasons of family ties.”

(NAN)

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