Femi Fani-Kayode, a prominent Nigerian politician and lawyer, has taken to his official X platform to react to the ongong nationwide protests. The former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode took to his X to air out his view and thought about the ongoing nationwide protests......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
The former aviation minister suggested that the protests in Kaduna, leading to a state of emergency declaration, are more complex than they appear.
Fani Kayode Said with foreign flags flown by some protesters calling for a coup, he said it’s clear that there may be a sinister international dimension to the whole thing and that there are some local collaborators involved.
Femi Fani-Kayode asserted that the ongoing protests in the country have transcended their initial focus on issues of hunger and bad governance, evolving into a movement demanding a fundamental shift in the political landscape to a regime change.
In his statement, Fani Kayode wrote below:
With the ugly events in Kaduna yesterday which resulted in the declaration of a state of emergency in some parts of the state, it is painfully obvious that there is more to these protests than meets the eye.
Worse still, with foreign flags being flown by some of the protestors whilst openly calling for a coup, it is clear that there may be a sinister international dimension to the whole thing and that there are some local collaborators involved. These protests are no longer about hunger or bad governance but rather about regime change. That is the ultimate objective of the protestors and their faceless sponsors.
They want to engender carnage and chaos, pull down the whole system and remove those that were elected into power in a free and fair election. We commend the timely action of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state who has sought to curtail this mindless violence and anarchy as best as he can.
“On its own part the Federal Government must be firm, strong and decisive and put a swift end to this raging fire before it spreads any further. Enough appeals have been made to those that are indulging in acts of violence and vandalism and we must stop treating such criminal elements with kid gloves. The security agencies must be encouraged and empowered to continue their good work and to restore law and order before more people are killed.
We acknowledge that there are many challenges and much hardship in the land but we must not allow the dark subterranean and sinister anti-democratic forces, the violent extremists and the incorrigible and unpatriotic hotheads in our midst to control the narrative and push Nigeria into going the way of a Bangladesh-like military coup d’etat or worse still into a Sudan-like civil war