Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode
The
Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Organisation,
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, raised a fresh alarm on Monday that the
opposition All Progressives Congress was planning to mobilise Nigerians
to demand a military intervention if President Goodluck Jonathan wins
the forthcoming presidential election.
Fani-Kayode, who addressed journalists
in Abuja, said details of the alleged plot were contained in a
nine-minute video produced by the APC, which he said contained
ridiculous allegations against Jonathan and members of his cabinet.
He also said the video exposed the
opposition party’s plot to mobilise Nigerians against Jonathan’s
government by pushing for a military intervention to terminate the
current administration.
He said, “They went as far as to suggest
that when the presidential election is fought and won and President
Goodluck Jonathan emerges as the winner, that the people should call for
a full scale military intervention rather than allowing Jonathan to
come back.
“They also specifically asked for the
targeting and assassination of key members of this administration and a
number of its supporters in the event of a Jonathan victory in the
coming elections.
“We say in clear terms that the video in
question and the intentions of those behind it is reprehensible,
irresponsible and it is unacceptable.
“We wish to take this opportunity to let
the APC know that under no circumstances will we allow them to rob us
of our legitimate mandate, which, hopefully, will be legitimately and
freely given to the President by the Nigerian people on March 28.
“We will not also tolerate any act of
violence or any attempt to assassinate anybody by their agents in the
event of us winning and neither will the people of this country ever
allow another military intervention.”
Fani-Kayode explained that the latest
video, which he said was produced by a group called “APC New Video”, had
been procured and secretly viewed by the intelligence unit of his
directorate.
The opposition, he said, had listed a
number of issues and allegations, including the fact that many Nigerians
were using private jets as indicative of the corrupt nature of the
Jonathan administration.
He said that the APC also alleged that
in the last four years, the government had spent N48bn on the
Presidential Air Fleet, which, according to Fani-Kayode, is a lie.
The APC group, he added, raised issues
about the kidnapping of the Chibok girls in the alleged video,
insinuating that the government had a hand in the kidnapping of the
girls.
He said the video captured issues about
the comments of Steven Davis, the Australian negotiator who alleged that
a “friend’’ of the President, Ali Modu Sheriff, was sponsoring Boko
Haram.
He said, “They made all kinds of
allegations, including the alleged relationship between the President of
Chad, the President of Nigeria and Ali Modu Sheriff. Needless to say
these allegations are baseless and they are simply unbelievable.
“Again, a lot of foreign footage is
contained in the video, which suggests that there is an international
dimension to the production.
“This confirms our fears and belief that
the APC is being sponsored primarily by money from foreign countries
and by agents of foreign governments that are hostile to the interest of
our beloved nation, Nigeria.”
The APC has however dismissed the allegations by Fani-Kayode.
The National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said, “Don’t you think that the desperation
of the PDP and President Jonathan knows no bounds.
“They have invested billions of naira in
smear campaigns, lies, propaganda, character assassination, bribery in
the name of political campaigns and all they have reaped is opprobrium
and total rejection by the Nigerian people.
“They continue to throw mud with the
hope that something sticks. Incidentally only yesterday an online polls
conducted by Premium times gave “General Buhari 89 per cent against
Jonathan’s 10 percent. The credible polls both domestic and
international have given the race to General Buhari the allegations
against APC are baseless.”
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