Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to clarify the party’s stand on the alleged Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Fani-Kayode also justified his meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, saying that it is no proof that he has dumped the APC for a return to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a message he posted on Facebook on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode, who has spent the best part of the last two years critically criticising Jonathan said: “A few days ago all the APC governors from the south west were in the State House where they held a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan. What they discussed has not been made public until now. Does that make them PDP governors? The Presidency belongs to every Nigerian irrespective of religious and political persuasions.
“Again General (Muhammadu) Buhari was recently honoured by the same President Jonathan during the centenary celebration which the APC did not support. Does that mean he has joined the PDP? Again the ongoing Federal Government confab has some APC chieftains participating in it despite the fact that the party is against it. Does that mean that they have left the APC? People should get real and stop speculating.”
Pushing his argument against a Muslim/Muslim ticket further, he said: “This is not about leaving parties but about principle. Let us hope that the leadership of the APC sees fit to clarify this matter at the soonest and assure us all that they will do no such thing. Their silence on the matter and their refusal to rule it out is simply fuelling more and speculation and dissent from within.”
