An Islamic human rights
organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Sunday, it has been
vindicated following Femi Fani-Kayode’s defection to the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
In a statement issued on Sunday,
by MURIC’s Director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola, he said “although, a
tornado of criticism has greeted FFK’s action, MURIC would not join those who
looked at the issue from one angle only, but will reflect deep and far to
enable it see the precious treasure hidden behind the hard stones.”
According to the statement,
“Fani-Kayode is a man who has brazenly supported secessionists, irredentists
and separatists. Nigeria drifted to the precipice of war and destruction as a
result of the agitations of the groups supported by him, today, FFK in his new
camp is most likely to promote a united Nigeria.”
According to him, Nigeria stands
to gain more from FFK’s volte-face.
“In retrospect, we appreciate
today what FFK’s father, Chief Remi Ade Fani Kayode did in the 70s and 80s. He
jettisoned ethnic politics by extending a hand of fellowship to the North in
order to demonstrate his desire for a strong and united Nigeria.
“His son, Chief Femi Fani Kayode,
has today replicated the same handshake across the Niger. FFK’s change of heart
should be seen from a positive angle, particularly by those who mean well for
Nigeria. We must forget that he has abused virtually everybody (including MURIC
and its founder) who did not see things the way he did. But he must be saluted
for his sportsmanship,” the statement said.
MURIC appreciated Buhari for his
patience and fatherly dispensation towards his critics.
“Chivalry demands that we stand
up for FFK today and we call on all Nigerians to do same, to forgive, to
forbear, to show understanding.
“Perhaps this new development will
enable all of us to see that claims of Islamisation and Fulanisation exist only
in the figment of imagination of its authors. Afterall the man who started it
all eventually came to Aso Rock and he was neither Islamised nor Fulanised.
“We assert clearly, unequivocally
and unambiguously that MURIC is vindicated. Fani Kayode has seen in PMB what
MURIC saw eight years ago when we started supporting his campaign for the
presidency. He has seen PMB’s style of nursing malice for no one and having
charity for all, including his enemies. It won him over. He saw PMB’s
achievements, his transparency.
“FFK saw how a political party
spent $16 billion providing darkness for Nigerians. He saw how $2.1 billion
arms money was diveted to private pockets. In sharp contrast, he is now a
living witness to the kind of development that can occur in a country when its
leader is not a kleptomaniac.
“He has seen the second Niger
bridge which is nearing completion, the fully airconditioned trains which make
mincemeat of London trains, macadamized roads in the South East (the same South
East which some claim that PMB hates), South West and South South and the
North, etc. He knows this is what happens when the leader does not steal. All
these humbled him. It is to the credit of FFK that he was able to see virtues
in PMB which other critics failed or refused to see,” MURIC further stated.
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