Fani-Kayode's comments on defence of Boko Haram, hasty ---Melaye
(Nigeria )
Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode's stout defence of an alleged Boko Haram sponsor, as
identified by the Goodluck Jonathan administration-appointed negotiator Stephen
Davis, and his attempt to continue pointing accusing fingers at my party, the
All Progressives Congress, APC, is hasty, indecent and unconscionable, says Mr Dino
Melaye, APC chieftain and former House of Representatives member.
Melaye in a statement on Sunday, said “The last time I
checked, Mr. Fani-Kayode was not a duly-constituted independent Commission of
Inquiry to investigate the allegations by the Negotiator. One therefore wonders
how he could so quickly exonerate any of those who were fingered by Dr. Davis
purely on the basis of sheer sentiments, as well as unbridled hatred for the
APC.
“What Mr. Fani-Kayode's desperate moves have shown is that
the earth-shaking revelation by President Jonathan's Negotiator has unnerved
his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Administration. It has shown the veracity of the
saying that when you point one finger at someone, four others are pointing at
you.
“The sponsors of Boko Haram are right within the PDP, as alleged by Dr. Davis, who named former Borno State Governor
Ali Modu Sheriff and ''a former Chief of Army Staff, who retired in January,
rightly sacked by the President.'' This has corroborated what the President had
said that Boko Haram is right within his own administration.
“What one would expect from a government that is keen on
finding the true sponsors of Boko Haram and ending the insurgency - instead of
playing politics with it - is to support an independent inquiry into the
allegation, instead of rushing to shoot it down and casting
aspersion on the man who made the revelation on
international television.
“In the rush to discredit Dr. Davis, the Jonathan administration
and its attack dogs have forgotten that President Jonathan himself appointed
the Australian to negotiate the release of the Chibok girls, who were abducted
by Boko Haram. They have forgotten that if at all
the Negotiator has any sympathy, it will be for President
Jonathan who appointed him.
I am glad that the truth about Boko Haram's sponsors has
finally come out. I advise the Jonathan Administration to look inwards instead
of unleashing attack dogs on Dr. Davis and sending spin doctors, some of whom
will do anything to evade justice over the allegation they face on their own,
to the media to try to change the narratives.
“Those who planted Modu Sheriff in the APC so they can label
the party a Boko Haram sponsor knew what they were doing. They knew his
antecedents. And when the APC decided to frustrate Modu Sheriff and his likes
out of the party, they should simply have embraced him and accept that they
have finally been hoisted by their own petard.
“Enough of the distracting finger-pointing by the likes of
the loquacious and truth-twisting Mr. Fani-Kayode. The cat has been let out of
the bag.”
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