Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said yesterday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has told yet another lie about speculated the disqualification of the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari from the March 28 election.
Fani-Kayode in a swift reaction to Mohammed on the issue said, “Lai Mohammed has told yet another dirty lie. What on earth is our business with Buhari's court case?
“We know that he does not have a certificate and that he was not
eligible to contest but we have moved on from there and we are ready to meet
him in the field. The truth is that the APC are suffering from all manner of
paranoia and they have lost touch with reality.
“They are the proverbial conspiracy theorists who are so consumed
by their own morbid fears that they sleep in their wardrobes and under their beds
every night. Each time someone knocks at the gates of their homes they wave
their hands in the air, they shiver and scream and they say ‘the President has
sent the security people to come and arrest us’.
“Frankly they deserve to be pitied. They see government
conspiracies everywhere and they have become prisoners of their own wild
hallucinations. The truth is that we are not in the least bit interested in
General Buhari's travails at the court and we are not in a position to
influence the decision of the judge or the outcome of the case one way or the
other.
“The problem with the APC is that they cannot appreciate the
difference between the judiciary and the executive. They are so primitive that
they cannot comprehend the concept of '’separation of powers’. Simply because
General Buhari himself controlled the courts and threatened judges when he was
in power he thinks that the same thing is happening 31 years later under the
administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. He does not appreciate the fact
that times have changed and that our courts and judges are fiercely independent
and deeply courageous.
“We wish General Buhari well in his case tomorrow but frankly
speaking it is the last thing on our minds and we are not losing any sleep over
it. Our prayer is that, whichever way, the rule of law is upheld and that
justice is done.
“We also hope that he is not disqualified so that we have the
opportunity to deal with him once and for all and demystify him at the polls.
It would be a cruel act to deprive us of the opportunity of bursting his
bubble once and for all and to humiliate him at the polls.
“We must remember that it was the Director General of the Buhari
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, that has
interfered with the work of the judiciary in his state and that has attempted
to intimidate the judges by shutting down the state High Courts for the last
one year.
“It is interesting to note that when the same APC that is now
calling into question the integrity of the judiciary got an injunction from the
Lagos State High court to stop the broadcast of the infamous ‘Lion of
Bourdillon’ documentary they did not complain about government interference in
the judiciary at the time. Neither did they complain when they got another
order from the Lagos State High Court to stop the Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces, President Goodluck Jonathan, from deploying troops to help secure
lives during the election.
“When things go their way the courts are good but when they
suspect that they may not they then make baseless and childish allegations that
have no basis in logic or reality. Our advice to them is to grow up, get real
and prepare for the greatest humiliation of their lives on March 28.”
Signed:
Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode
Director of Media and Publicity
