Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed critics over allegations against former governor of Zamfara State, Abdullaziz Yari.
Naijaonpoint understands that videos alleging that Yari was linked to gold smuggling recently circulated on social media platforms.
This followed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) interception of 22.2 kilograms of gold worth ₦4.4 billion at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.
Reacting to the videos on 𝕏, Fani-Kayode said those peddling the rumours ought to bury their heads in shame over their falsehood.
He accused those behind the videos of trying to pull down a good man.
Fani-Kayode wrote: “The assertion that my friend and brother Senator Abdul Aziz Yari, the Marafan Sokoto, had any connection with the gold that was intercepted at Kano airport is pure falsehood.
“Worse still, it is asinine and nonsensical. There is nothing new in trying to pull a good man down, and it rarely works.
“Nothing can change a man’s destiny or prevent him from achieving God’s purpose for his life. Those that are behind this fake news are vicious and malicious: they should bury their heads in shame.”
Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode has alleged that former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is a betrayer and will eventually dump former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Naijaonpoint recalls that the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) had, during its national convention, zoned its presidential ticket to the South for just four years.
The decision, which paved the way for Peter Obi to contest the 2027 election for a single tenure, was heavily backed by Kwankwaso.
Reacting to the development, Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Sunday, urged Kwankwaso not to believe Peter Obi’s one-term agenda.
According to Fani-Kayode, Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has “betrayed every single leader he has had since 1999 and abandoned every single one of the 5 political parties whose platform he has used or attempted to use to run for one office or the other over the last 27 years”.
Fani-Kayode said that, though he had hitherto respected Kwankwaso and credited him as “being an intelligent man”, his “behaviour baffles me”.
The former Minister further stated that the NDC has no hope of winning the 2027 election, adding that Peter Obi’s attempt to divide the South’s votes will fail.
He said, “Peter will dribble him like a yoyo and then drop him like a hot potato like he has with everyone else he has worked and run with.
“If a man like that ever gets power be rest assured that he will NEVER leave it let alone do so after 4 years.
“Thank God NDC has no hope of winning and that Peter will be roundly defeated by PBAT in a few months time.
“His attempt to divide the votes of the South and deny our President and the SW of having 8 straight years in power shall fail.”
