Femi Fani-Kayode has added the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones to the list of those that have suffered from his verbal assault.
As one of the spokesmen of the ruling All ProgressivesCongress, APC, in the just concluded presidential election, Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation has not spared those he considered to be enemies of the party.
He has also made comments capable of disrupting peace in the country, those watching his trajectory during the campaign said.
In January, the former Minister caused tension after he accused Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, and People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 25 presidential election of planning a coup detat with the military.
The British envoy had during an interview with a radio station condemned Fani-Kayode for making such a comment capable of raising tension in the country.
The United Kingdom, UK, government had issued a visa ban threat against those that had made comments capable of throwing the country into crisis. Already, the Rishi Sunak-government said the names of no fewer than 10 Nigerians have been compiled for sanctions for various election related violence.
Since the British government said the list of the offenders will not be made public, It’s not clear whether the former minister is among those that will be ban from entering the UK.
But, this seems not to worry Fani-Kayode, who why responding to the UK envoy comment told him to steer clear of Nigeria’s politics.
He accused the British diplomat of supporting a particular candidate during the pesidential election, who eventually failed to win.
I am not afraid of the British government , the former minister said in defiance, warning Llewellyn-Jones to stop interfering with Nigeria’s domestic affairs.
Reacting to this in a statement, Fani-Kayode said, “I would advise this Ben, who I am told is the Deputy High Commissioner of the UK to Nigeria, to keep his dirty nose out of our internal affairs. Nigeria stopped being a British colony 63 years ago and we need no lessons from him on how to run our affairs or conduct our politics.
“I know that his preferred candidate did not win the presidential election but that does not mean he should cross the line and take liberties with us here. I wonder who the hell he thinks he is? I am not one of those Nigerians that bows, shakes, shivers and trembles before the British or indeed any other foreigner.
“And unlike most I do not need any validation or endorsement from him or his ilk and neither can I be intimidated by his veiled threat of a visa ban. Frankly I could not care less.
“I would however take this opportunity to assure him that regardless of his views and desire to compel us to accept their godless so-called “humanist” and “libertarian” values and introduce evil practices and policies such as same-sex marriage in our country this will never be the case.
“My aversion for sod*mites remains as constant as the northern star and whether he likes it or not we will never allow a sod*mite to be our President. Neither will we accept lessons in decency, etiquette, what to say or how to speak from a fading British civil servant and a man that represents a nation that has committed more atrocities than perhaps any other in the history of humanity.
“I advise this little Englander to respect himself and remain a silent observer when it comes to the politics of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As a nation we are not a poodle of the British and we came of age 63 years ago.
“He should be more concerned about the shrinking fortunes of a once “Great Britain” and the systemic racism, inherent injustice and insufferable arrogance that is entrenched in the British establishment and society than in the intra party politics of Nigeria.
“He should also be more concerned with the efforts of his nation to bring us one step closer to WW3 given the unfolding events in Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate has in his reaction to the British diplomat comment, urges the Department of State Services, DSS, to arrest the former minister.
Commending the UK for calling Fani-Kayode to order Abubakar, said the APC spokesperson is trying to set the country on fire.
