Fani-Kayode said that the APC is planning to reveal the intimate secrets via a documentary sponsored by its leaders.
The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to expose details about the private lives of President Goodluck Jonathan, First Lady, Patience Jonathan and Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Fani-Kayode said that the APC is planning to reveal the intimate secrets via a documentary sponsored by its leaders.
The PDP spokesperson made the allegations via a statement released today, March 11.
The statement reads:
“We
invited you here today to intimate the Nigerian people, through your
esteemed media organisations, about a despicable and wicked agenda that
is being orchestrated by the opposition to scandalise, undermine and
bring into disrepute our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR),
his wife, the First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, our
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison Maduekwe and other
key government functionaries and members of his administration.”
“The
special operations and intelligence wing of my Directorate has been
reliably informed that the opposition is planning to air a documentary
about the private lives of President Jonathan, the First Lady and the
Minister of Petroleum Resources.”
“The documentary
is riddled with falsehood and it is vulgar, smutty, cheap, shameful and
salacious. This initiative is being spearheaded by the entire
leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is being funded
and organised by two serving governors and one former governor who
controls his state through his hand-picked stooge.”
“Our
response to this initiative is one of utter repugnance. That the
opposition has degenerated to such a point that in response to
legitimate questions that were raised about the record in public office
of their Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and their de
facto leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in two major and widely viewed
documentaries, the only recourse they have, rather than answering the
questions put in those documentaries, is to try to humiliate, shame and
disgrace our presidential candidate by making the most baseless and
scandalous accusations about his private life. The truth is that this
shameful course of action will not work and we shall not be distracted.
Neither will we lose any sleep over it.”
“We are,
however, by this press conference, sending a clear signal to the three
APC leaders that are funding and spearheading this initiative that it
will not in any way serve the interest of their party or the interest of
their Presidential candidate if they insist on treading that path or
toeing that deplorable line.”
“In the event of
them insisting on treading this dangerous and dishonorable course, we
reserve the right to respond fully and use all legitimate means to
expose the inherent evil that these three individuals habitually and
continuously manifest in both their private lives and whilst in public
office.”
“The truth is that they can say what they
like about President Goodluck Jonathan, his family members and those
close to him but one thing they cannot say is that, unlike one of the
three individuals that is behind this disgraceful initiative, President
Jonathan does not show an unhealthy interest in the affairs of little
boys and he does not indulge in gross and perverse intimate acts with
them in his spare time in an obscene, indecent, shameful and completely
unacceptable manner.”
“They can say whatever they
like about our candidate but, unlike one of the three individuals that
are behind this reprehensible initiative, it is not President Goodluck
Jonathan that ended up eloping with and eventually marrying the house
girl of his former leader.”
“They can say whatever
they like about President Jonathan but it is not our President who
drove his own father into political oblivion, broke the poor man’s heart
and sent him to an early grave in pain, tears, defeat and shame.
Presidential Jonathan did not do any of these things. It is those that
have insisted on engaging in this shameful and repugnant initiative that
have done these things.”
“They know who they are
and, for now, we need not mention their names. At the appropriate time,
we shall mention names and expose every aspect of the sordid life
styles of these individuals and at that time the Nigerian people will
judge for themselves.”
“The second issue we want
to touch on today is the shameful proposition that was made to General
Muhammadu Buhari by the representatives of a number of western
governments when he was in the United Kingdom for a prolonged stay. He
had appealed to them for support and to get their endorsement. He had
talks with the representatives of at least four western countries. The
leaders of those countries made an offer to General Muhammadu Buhari and
we are reliably informed that he has put the offer under
consideration.”
“The proposition and offer was
that if he was prepared to support legislation in Nigeria to allow same
sex marriage and if he was prepared to repeal the anti-gay laws in
Nigeria they will, in return, endorse, support and fund him, initially
covertly and eventually publicly, at the right time.”
“Instead
of outrightly rejecting these offers and spurning this proposition, to
our utter shock and consternation, General Buhari apparently refused to
rule it out and has put the matter under consideration. Instead of him
to say NO he assured them that he would consider these two things. We
believe that this is a matter that ought to be brought to the attention
of the Nigerian people as a matter of urgency.”
“The
APC are so desperate to ensuring that General Buhari becomes the
President of this country that they are actually prepared to consider
the scrapping of all anti-gay or anti-homosexual legislations and at the
same time, endorsing and supporting fresh legislation that would allow
same sex marriage in our country. They are considering this despite the
fact that the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people find same
sex marriage and, indeed, homosexuality repugnant and unacceptable.”
“We
are using this occasion to challenge General Buhari to come clean and
to tell the Nigerian people whether this is true and whether, in the
unlikely event of his being elected President, he is seriously
considering scrapping the anti-homosexual laws in our country and
pushing through new legislation which would allow same sex marriage.”
“The
third issue is as follows. We read, with amusement, the threat by the
Buhari’s Campaign Organisation through their spokesperson, Mr Garba
Shehu, that it is their intention to drag the First Lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan, before the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC), for
allegedly indulging in what they described as ''hate speech'' at a
recent rally in Rivers State.”
“Dame Patience
Jonathan is a woman of peace. She did not threaten anyone with violence;
she did not incite anyone to commit violence or to kill others and her
words have not resulted in death, mass murder or any crimes against
humanity. We therefore completely reject the baseless charge and
assertion that she has called for the killing or slaughter of anyone at
any point in time.”
“Their threat to take the
First Lady to the ICC is not only absurd but it is also nothing but the
empty and boastful ranting of a perfidious, desperate, decaying and
dying political party and such threat will amount to nothing. The truth
is that if anybody is a candidate for the ICC, it is certainly not Dame
Patience Jonathan, but rather General Muhammadu Buhari himself.”
“We
say this because, firstly, he needs to answer questions about his role
in the July 29, 1966 coup and the mass murder of about 300 Igbo army
officers, including a serving Head of State, that took place that
night. Secondly, there are questions to be answered about his role
during the pogrom and massacre in northern Nigeria in 1966 in which no
less than 100,000 innocent Igbo civilians, including women and children,
were slaughtered in cold blood by mobs that were covertly armed and
supported by a small handful of junior army officers.”
Fani-Kayode
also condemned the APC for mocking a recent picture which showed
Jonathan kneeling before some traditional rulers in Osun State.
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