Femi Fani-Kayode
A socio-cultural
group, Igbimo Odo Yoruba, has reacted to recent statement issued by a
northern group threatening the life of Femi Fani-Kayode, a prominent
opposition leader and former aviation minister in Nigeria.
Ologun Ayodeji, the national publicity
secretary of the group, in an e-mailed statement to on Monday, May 22,
2017, condemned the attack on Fani-Kayode by the Arewa Youth Forum and
said that the group needs to “liberate themselves from the mental
slavery” that has made the northern youth “victims”.
“The Igbimo Odo Yoruba, have watched
with utmost dismay, the growing threat and assault to free speech, by
some elements, from a section of the northern region of Nigeria,” the
statement said.
“Most recent of these threats, is a
statement, credited to a paid gang, which prides itself as the Arewa
Youth Forum, which in a statement signed by one Gambo Gunjuju, warned a
former minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, against what he
described as Chief Fani Kayode’s “verbal attack” on President Muhammadu
Buhari and the Northern Elders.
“The self self styled Arewa group in the
said statement, also posited, that Chief Femi Fani Kayode should be
ready to face the consequences of his verbal attacks if he continues.
Hence, necessitating our reaction.
“While we sympathise with these
elements, who rather than tap from the eye opening patriotic criticisms
of Chief Fani Kayode, to liberate themselves from the mental slavery
that today’s generation of Northern youth have become victims of, they
have chosen the path of perdition, by declaring their willingness, to
become a willing tool in the hands of the a northern oligarchy, which
has held their region and the entire nation on hostage, particularly
since the imposition of the ineffective leadership of President Buhari
on Nigeria, since 2015.
“While we are not moved an inch, by
these empty threat by the cowardly group, we wish to remind them, that
Chief Femi Fani Kayode is a true born Yoruba son, a patriot and
committed citizen of Nigeria.
“May we also inform these gang and their
sponsors, that the Yoruba Race, particularly the youth, are more than
prepared to resist, any form of assault or attack by whatever means, on
Chief Fani Kayode or any of our leaders.
“For the sake of the Nigerian people,
particularly those, who have increasingly appreciated the patriotic
criticism of the incumbent ineffectual regime, by Chief Femi Fani
Kayode, who today remains the most visible patriotic opposition voice in
the country, we want to assure them that no amount of gang-up to harass
and intimidate Chief Femi Fani Kayode or any of our leaders, will be
tolerated at any given time.
“We are resolved, to use every
legitimate means within our reach to resist and respond decisively to
any form of aggression on our land and its people.
“Let it be noted by all, that the Yoruba
nation are no strangers to antics of the North and its agents like the
paid gang of Arewa Youth Forum, in their perpetual attempt at making
others feel inferior in a nation that we all own and much more in our
own land, going by their latest threats and actions.
“In lieu of the above, we are calling on
all patriotic Nigerians, to resist this cowardly attempt to internally
colonise Nigerians again, by these self serving elements from a section
of the northern Nigeria, who are devilishly determined to sustain a
nearly totally collapsed Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari on Nigerians.
“We also urge Chief Femi Fani Kayode and
other patriots, who are currently giving their best, to salvage this
Nation, from the unprecedented failure of leadership, not to be
distracted by the antics of these agent provocateurs,” the group said.
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