Labour Party Trying To Set Nigeria On Fire With Inciteful Comments; He Mustn’t Mistake Our Desire For Peace For Weakness – Says Fani-Kayode
Labour Party Trying To Set Nigeria On Fire With Inciteful Comments; He Mustn’t Mistake Our Desire For Peace For Weakness – Says Fani-Kayode
A former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to invite the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate in February’s election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for questioning over his recent comments towards the ‘President-elect’, Bola Tinubu, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and President Muhammad Buhari.
The former minister made this known in a statement released via his Twitter handle, lambasting the former lawmaker for being a judge in his own case by asserting that ‘handing over to Tinubu is unconstitutional because he was declared president-elect without satisfying the requirement of the constitution’.
Naija News House reported on Thursday that Baba-Ahmed said he was disappointed at the “arrogant” Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu and the “incompetent” President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari over the outcome of the 2023 presidential election held on the 25th of February 2023.
Baba-Ahmed during an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday said Buhari is not righteous because he’s paying back a promise made to the ‘President-elect’, Bola Tinubu in 2014.
He said, “The arrogant INEC chairman and the incompetent president of Nigeria, I am sorry to say, the chairman should not have engaged in what he did at the height of administrative rascality and official arrogance sneaked in the hours of 4:00 am arrogate himself the power to interpret a section of the constitution that needs no interpretation.
“Section 134 comes already interpreted and recklessly proceed to declare and issue a Certificate of Return.”
Reacting to this, Fani-Kayode described it as a mere threat and a childish outburst, urging the security operative to invite him for interrogation as they did for him before the 2023 election.
He said Baba-Ahmed statement “represented a direct and unequivocal call for insurrection, rebellion and treason”.
“Why would he call for people to reject the election and say that swearing-in @officialABAT, our President-elect, would be tantamount to inviting the military to take over the affairs of our country and get away with it?
“Why would he say he has no faith in the courts and warn the President and Chief Justice of the Federation not to get involved in the swearing-in otherwise it will be a violation of the constitution, a rape on democracy, an invitation to the military to take over and that it would put all our lives in danger?
“What does he mean by this and what does he want? Is there something he knows that we do not?
“What are he and Obi planning for our country?
“He also accused the President of being incompetent, the INEC Chairman of being arrogant and the President-elect of my being involved in organised crime.
“He compared the latter to Pablo Escobar and said that handing over Nigeria to him to lead would be like endorsing the mafia and handing the country over to murderous gangsters.
“Is this fair, right or proper? He is talking about a man who has just won a free and fair election.
“Are we supposed to all keep quiet whilst he incites the people against the entire system and seeks to pull down our democracy simply because he and his principal lost?
“Does he think we are scared of him and his co-conspirators and that we can be intimidated by his threats and childish outbursts?
“If he believes the elections were rigged or that INEC was compromised let him produce the evidence before a court of law and let that court decide.
“Surely he cannot be the accuser, jury and judge in his own case. He is not a court and he is not a judge. His interpretation of the constitution cannot be the only one or the final one. Such matters are the exclusive preserve of the courts. And neither can he threaten or attempt to intimidate the President of our country and the Chief Justice of the Federation or the Judiciary and get away with it. What he did on Channels Television last night was dangerous and despicable and he must be invited by the DSS too to explain himself.
“What is good for the goose is good for the gander. I appeared before the DSS and cleared myself just before the election. Why can’t Dati do the same? Is he above the law? Who does he think he is? I share the concerns and totally concur with the assertions and opinion of my colleague and brother, @fkeyamo, the Hon. Min. Of State for Labour, who has called for the invitation, arrest, investigation and prosecution of @PeterObi and his dangerous and deluded running mate, Dati Baba Ahmed.
“If Nigeria burns we have nowhere to run to but he can always run to his native Mauritania. Maybe that is his plan. If so he can be rest assured that we will not let him escape or get away with it. We will use all lawful and constitutional means to stop him and we shall ensure that justice is done. He should stop playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun and desist from trying to set Nigeria on fire.”
“We want peace but he must not mistake that desire for weakness,” he added.
