The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the
All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to expose details
about the private lives of President Goodluck Jonathan, First
Lady, Patience Jonathan and Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke.
Fani-Kayode said that the APC is planning to reveal the
intimate secrets via a documentary sponsored by its leaders.
The PDP spokesperson made the allegations via a statement
released today, March 11.
The statement reads:
“We invited you here today to intimate the Nigerian people,
through your esteemed media organisations, about a
despicable and wicked agenda that is being orchestrated by
the opposition to scandalise, undermine and bring into
disrepute our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR),
his wife , the First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan,
our Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison
Maduekwe and other key government functionaries and
members of his administration.”
“The special operations and intelligence wing of my
Directorate has been reliably informed that the opposition is
planning to air a documentary about the private lives of
President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Minister of
Petroleum Resources.”
“The documentary is riddled with falsehood and it is vulgar,
smutty, cheap, shameful and salacious. This initiative is being
spearheaded by the entire leadership of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and is being funded and organised by two
serving governors and one former governor who controls his
state through his hand-picked stooge.”
“Our response to this initiative is one of utter repugnance.
That the opposition has degenerated to such a point that in
response to legitimate questions that were raised about the
record in public office of their Presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari and their de facto leader, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, in two major and widely viewed documentaries, the
only recourse they have, rather than answering the questions
put in those documentaries, is to try to humiliate, shame and
disgrace our presidential candidate by making the most
baseless and scandalous accusations about his private life.
The truth is that this shameful course of action will not work
and we shall not be distracted. Neither will we lose any sleep
over it.”
“We are, however, by this press conference, sending a clear
signal to the three APC leaders that are funding and
spearheading this initiative that it will not in any way serve the
interest of their party or the interest of their Presidential
candidate if they insist on treading that path or toeing that
deplorable line.”
“In the event of them insisting on treading this dangerous and
dishonorable course, we reserve the right to respond fully
and use all legitimate means to expose the inherent evil that
these three individuals habitually and continuously manifest
in both their private lives and whilst in public office.”
“The truth is that they can say what they like about President
Goodluck Jonathan, his family members and those close to
him but one thing they cannot say is that, unlike one of the
three individuals that is behind this disgraceful initiative,
President Jonathan does not show an unhealthy interest in
the affairs of little boys and he does not indulge in gross and
perverse intimate acts with them in his spare time in an
obscene, indecent, shameful and completely unacceptable
manner.”
“They can say whatever they like about our candidate but,
unlike one of the three individuals that are behind this
reprehensible initiative, it is not President Goodluck Jonathan
that ended up eloping with and eventually marrying the house
girl of his former leader.”
“They can say whatever they like about President Jonathan but
it is not our President who drove his own father into political
oblivion, broke the poor man’s heart and sent him to an early
grave in pain, tears, defeat and shame. Presidential Jonathan
did not do any of these things. It is those that have insisted on
engaging in this shameful and repugnant initiative that have
done these things.”
“They know who they are and, for now, we need not mention
their names. At the appropriate time, we shall mention names
and expose every aspect of the sordid life styles of these
individuals and at that time the Nigerian people will judge for
themselves.”
“The second issue we want to touch on today is the shameful
proposition that was made to General Muhammadu Buhari by
the representatives of a number of western governments
when he was in the United Kingdom for a prolonged stay. He
had appealed to them for support and to get their
endorsement. He had talks with the representatives of at
least four western countries. The leaders of those countries
made an offer to General Muhammadu Buhari and we are
reliably informed that he has put the offer under
consideration.”
“The proposition and offer was that if he was prepared to
support legislation in Nigeria to allow same sex marriage and
if he was prepared to repeal the anti-gay laws in Nigeria they
will, in return, endorse, support and fund him, initially
covertly and eventually publicly, at the right time.”
“Instead of outrightly rejecting these offers and spurning this
proposition, to our utter shock and consternation, General
Buhari apparently refused to rule it out and has put the
matter under consideration. Instead of him to say NO he
assured them that he would consider these two things. We
believe that this is a matter that ought to be brought to the
attention of the Nigerian people as a matter of urgency.”
“The APC are so desperate to ensuring that General Buhari
becomes the President of this country that they are actually
prepared to consider the scrapping of all anti-gay or anti-
homosexual legislations and at the same time, endorsing and
supporting fresh legislation that would allow same sex
marriage in our country. They are considering this despite the
fact that the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people
find same sex marriage and, indeed, homosexuality
repugnant and unacceptable.”
“We are using this occasion to challenge General Buhari to
come clean and to tell the Nigerian people whether this is true
and whether, in the unlikely event of his being elected
President, he is seriously considering scrapping the anti-
homosexual laws in our country and pushing through new
legislation which would allow same sex marriage.”
“The third issue is as follows. We read, with amusement, the
threat by the Buhari’s Campaign Organisation through their
spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, that it is their intention to
drag the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, before the
International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC), for allegedly
indulging in what they described as ”hate speech” at a recent
rally in Rivers State.”
“Dame Patience Jonathan is a woman of peace. She did not
threaten anyone with violence; she did not incite anyone to
commit violence or to kill others and her words have not
resulted in death, mass murder or any crimes against
humanity. We therefore completely reject the baseless
charge and assertion that she has called for the killing or
slaughter of anyone at any point in time.”
“Their threat to take the First Lady to the ICC is not only
absurd but it is also nothing but the empty and boastful
ranting of a perfidious, desperate, decaying and dying political
party and such threat will amount to nothing. The truth is that
if anybody is a candidate for the ICC, it is certainly not Dame
Patience Jonathan, but rather General Muhammadu Buhari
himself.”
“We say this because, firstly, he needs to answer questions
about his role in the July 29, 1966 coup and the mass murder
of about 300 Igbo army officers, including a serving Head of
State, that took place that night. Secondly, there are questions
to be answered about his role during the pogrom and
massacre in northern Nigeria in 1966 in which no less than
100,000 innocent Igbo civilians, including women and
children, were slaughtered in cold blood by mobs that were
covertly armed and supported by a small handful of junior
army officers.”
Fani-Kayode also condemned the APC for mocking a recent
picture which showed Jonathan kneeling before some
traditional rulers in Osun State.
campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the
All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to expose details
about the private lives of President Goodluck Jonathan, First
Lady, Patience Jonathan and Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke.
Fani-Kayode said that the APC is planning to reveal the
intimate secrets via a documentary sponsored by its leaders.
The PDP spokesperson made the allegations via a statement
released today, March 11.
The statement reads:
“We invited you here today to intimate the Nigerian people,
through your esteemed media organisations, about a
despicable and wicked agenda that is being orchestrated by
the opposition to scandalise, undermine and bring into
disrepute our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR),
his wife , the First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan,
our Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison
Maduekwe and other key government functionaries and
members of his administration.”
“The special operations and intelligence wing of my
Directorate has been reliably informed that the opposition is
planning to air a documentary about the private lives of
President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Minister of
Petroleum Resources.”
“The documentary is riddled with falsehood and it is vulgar,
smutty, cheap, shameful and salacious. This initiative is being
spearheaded by the entire leadership of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and is being funded and organised by two
serving governors and one former governor who controls his
state through his hand-picked stooge.”
“Our response to this initiative is one of utter repugnance.
That the opposition has degenerated to such a point that in
response to legitimate questions that were raised about the
record in public office of their Presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari and their de facto leader, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, in two major and widely viewed documentaries, the
only recourse they have, rather than answering the questions
put in those documentaries, is to try to humiliate, shame and
disgrace our presidential candidate by making the most
baseless and scandalous accusations about his private life.
The truth is that this shameful course of action will not work
and we shall not be distracted. Neither will we lose any sleep
over it.”
“We are, however, by this press conference, sending a clear
signal to the three APC leaders that are funding and
spearheading this initiative that it will not in any way serve the
interest of their party or the interest of their Presidential
candidate if they insist on treading that path or toeing that
deplorable line.”
“In the event of them insisting on treading this dangerous and
dishonorable course, we reserve the right to respond fully
and use all legitimate means to expose the inherent evil that
these three individuals habitually and continuously manifest
in both their private lives and whilst in public office.”
“The truth is that they can say what they like about President
Goodluck Jonathan, his family members and those close to
him but one thing they cannot say is that, unlike one of the
three individuals that is behind this disgraceful initiative,
President Jonathan does not show an unhealthy interest in
the affairs of little boys and he does not indulge in gross and
perverse intimate acts with them in his spare time in an
obscene, indecent, shameful and completely unacceptable
manner.”
“They can say whatever they like about our candidate but,
unlike one of the three individuals that are behind this
reprehensible initiative, it is not President Goodluck Jonathan
that ended up eloping with and eventually marrying the house
girl of his former leader.”
“They can say whatever they like about President Jonathan but
it is not our President who drove his own father into political
oblivion, broke the poor man’s heart and sent him to an early
grave in pain, tears, defeat and shame. Presidential Jonathan
did not do any of these things. It is those that have insisted on
engaging in this shameful and repugnant initiative that have
done these things.”
“They know who they are and, for now, we need not mention
their names. At the appropriate time, we shall mention names
and expose every aspect of the sordid life styles of these
individuals and at that time the Nigerian people will judge for
themselves.”
“The second issue we want to touch on today is the shameful
proposition that was made to General Muhammadu Buhari by
the representatives of a number of western governments
when he was in the United Kingdom for a prolonged stay. He
had appealed to them for support and to get their
endorsement. He had talks with the representatives of at
least four western countries. The leaders of those countries
made an offer to General Muhammadu Buhari and we are
reliably informed that he has put the offer under
consideration.”
“The proposition and offer was that if he was prepared to
support legislation in Nigeria to allow same sex marriage and
if he was prepared to repeal the anti-gay laws in Nigeria they
will, in return, endorse, support and fund him, initially
covertly and eventually publicly, at the right time.”
“Instead of outrightly rejecting these offers and spurning this
proposition, to our utter shock and consternation, General
Buhari apparently refused to rule it out and has put the
matter under consideration. Instead of him to say NO he
assured them that he would consider these two things. We
believe that this is a matter that ought to be brought to the
attention of the Nigerian people as a matter of urgency.”
“The APC are so desperate to ensuring that General Buhari
becomes the President of this country that they are actually
prepared to consider the scrapping of all anti-gay or anti-
homosexual legislations and at the same time, endorsing and
supporting fresh legislation that would allow same sex
marriage in our country. They are considering this despite the
fact that the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people
find same sex marriage and, indeed, homosexuality
repugnant and unacceptable.”
“We are using this occasion to challenge General Buhari to
come clean and to tell the Nigerian people whether this is true
and whether, in the unlikely event of his being elected
President, he is seriously considering scrapping the anti-
homosexual laws in our country and pushing through new
legislation which would allow same sex marriage.”
“The third issue is as follows. We read, with amusement, the
threat by the Buhari’s Campaign Organisation through their
spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, that it is their intention to
drag the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, before the
International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC), for allegedly
indulging in what they described as ”hate speech” at a recent
rally in Rivers State.”
“Dame Patience Jonathan is a woman of peace. She did not
threaten anyone with violence; she did not incite anyone to
commit violence or to kill others and her words have not
resulted in death, mass murder or any crimes against
humanity. We therefore completely reject the baseless
charge and assertion that she has called for the killing or
slaughter of anyone at any point in time.”
“Their threat to take the First Lady to the ICC is not only
absurd but it is also nothing but the empty and boastful
ranting of a perfidious, desperate, decaying and dying political
party and such threat will amount to nothing. The truth is that
if anybody is a candidate for the ICC, it is certainly not Dame
Patience Jonathan, but rather General Muhammadu Buhari
himself.”
“We say this because, firstly, he needs to answer questions
about his role in the July 29, 1966 coup and the mass murder
of about 300 Igbo army officers, including a serving Head of
State, that took place that night. Secondly, there are questions
to be answered about his role during the pogrom and
massacre in northern Nigeria in 1966 in which no less than
100,000 innocent Igbo civilians, including women and
children, were slaughtered in cold blood by mobs that were
covertly armed and supported by a small handful of junior
army officers.”
Fani-Kayode also condemned the APC for mocking a recent
picture which showed Jonathan kneeling before some
traditional rulers in Osun State.
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