The Initiative to Save Democracy,
ISD, on Wednesday gave further explanation on why a former Minister of Aviation,
Femi Fani-Kayode should be arrested over his “divisive messages peddled on
social media.”
ISD President, James Sunday
Akinloye made the call while stating that Fani-Kayode was a threat to national
unity, adding that the hate speech must be erased from Nigeria’s politics.
Akinloye explained that if
“Nigeria’s democracy must grow, then certain persons must be used as an example
to other that there are laws regulating social media in Nigeria,” adding that
people cannot just concoct fake stories.
According to Akinloye, it has
been four days since ISD petitioned the Nigerian Police and the Department of
State Services, DSS, to arrest Fani-Kayode but there was still no action.
“We read with interest the
response by South-South Political Vanguard describing our petition to the
Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services as a ploy to gain
cheap political ploy but this is not true.
“We are dedicated to ensuring
that Nigeria’s democracy is preserved and that certain persons who have evil
agenda are brought to book by the law. There should be a reaction to every
action,” Akinloye said.
Pointing out some messages by
Fani-Kayode on Twitter, it said, “For example, days before President Muhammadu
Buhari visited the United States, he urged President Donald Trump to subject
President Buhari to a DNA test because he is Jubril from Sudan” Akinloye
questioned, “how can anyone say that?”
He then pointed to yet another
tweet by the former campaign spokesperson for Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
In Fani-Kayode’s own words, “The
man that is there today is Jubril from Sudan and not Buhari. Buhari is dead and
he never came back from London. Only his body did. They invoked the spirit of
Jubril and placed it in Buhari’s body. It is a common ritual amongst Satanists.
Many lives were sacrificed in the process,” he tweeted on 5 April 2018.
Akinloye argued that the group
has made photocopies of the hate messages and fake news which were peddled by
Fani-Kayode and have attached it to a petition that will be taken to the police
and DSS this week.
“It is important that we do not
allow ourselves to be carried away by a response from a group that does not
understand the gravity of fake news and hates speeches.
“First we think the Nigerian
Police should arrest him immediately and then charge him to court. We have
evidence of his cybercrime and the hate it has sown amongst young Nigerians in
their formative years.
“We have hundreds of responses to
some of his post which shows how it was shaping the ideology and philosophy of
some Nigerians towards hate and divisiveness and we will not stand and watch
kids who are just joining social media to be swayed by this kind of messages,”
he stated.
Akinloye stated that if the DSS
and police refuse to arrest Fani-Kayode then his group along with others will
stage a peaceful protest both in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
“If we must embark on a peaceful
protest, so be it. Enough of hate speeches and fake news. Mr Fani-Kayode must
understand that there are cybercrime laws and if you err, then you should be
punished.
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