Boko Haram Allegation:I Am Ready To Face APC In Court..Fani Kayode

FORMER Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, said he stood by what he said about the All Progresives Congress (APC) and its leaders, especially General Mohammed Buhari, on allegations that they were Boko Haram sympathisers.

Fani-Kayode’s latest comments followed the APC’s spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s response to the interview the former minister granted Channels TV on Monday, accusing Fani-Kayode of lying against the APC and its leaders.

Alhaji Mohammed  had, on Monday, denied issuing any statement condemning the proscription of Boko Haram and challenged Fani-Kayode to produce such a statement if he was so sure the APC issued it and be prepared to tender such in court.

But Fani-Kayode, reacting to Mohammed on Tuesday, dared the APC to go to court because he stood on all he said about the party and its leaders.

“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 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 raise a lot of questions. These words were not in any way misconstrued or taken out of context in the said interview.

“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.’ 

“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. 

“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 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 seven years and I can say clearly and categorically that no deals have been cut,” Fani-Kayode said.