By Kamil Opeyemi
Former Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode has confirmed the invitation by the Department of State Services, DSS, has over allegations of a coup plot ahead of the February election.
Recall that Fani-Kayod, who is also a spokesman of Tinubu-Shettima campaign council had last week alleged that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar and top military generals had a secret meeting over the forthcoming general elections.
He alleged that the meeting may be part of an agenda to provoke a ‘coup d’etat’ and establish a new and unconstitutional order in the country.
In its swift response, the Defence Headquarters denied having any meeting with any presidential candidate adding no plan whatsoever to scuttle the general elections as alleged by Fani-Kayode
Confirming the invitation in a statement on Monday, Fani-Kayode confirmed that he would be honouring the invitation this morning, Monday.
“3 days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals, I got a text message from someone who claimed to be DSS asking me to report to them on a matter of national security,” the statement reads
“I dismissed the invitation because it was vague and I was not sure whether it really came from the DSS. In any case I had no intention of going anywhere unless I was formally invited. To my surprise I received a formal letter from them to report to their office without fail 2 days later, which was yesterday evening.
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“I put a call through to them & was advised to take the matter very seriously & report to them on the stipulated day and time otherwise the worse may happen.
“I found it interesting that a call came from one of Atiku’s dogs for me to be arrested by the security agencies yesterday and had it not been for the fact that the DSS had actually sent a text to me two days earlier I may have thought that they were acting on the instructions of what can only be described as a hopeless and desperate presidential candidate, opposition party and PCC who are clutching at straws, drowning fast, seeking to silence those that give them sleepless nights, shivering in despair and staring defeat in the face in the upcoming presidential election.
“Clearly, the DSS were not influenced by Atiku and were simply doing their job by inviting me on a matter that needs explanation and clarification and for a thorough interrogation.
“And of course being a responsible and law abiding citizen I will present myself before them accordingly.
“Unlike cowards like Emefiele, Atiku and their strange bedfellows, I do not fear my own shadow and neither do I shiver and shake when I am invited by the security agencies. I always honour their invitations when properly invited because that is the right and proper thing to do.
“This is all the more so when it touches and concerns matters of national security which I take very seriously & when it involves agencies like the DSS who are professional and thorough in their methods and approach.
“I have nothing to hide and consequently I will present myself before the DSS this morning as I have been asked to do.
“I maintain my utter contempt for Atiku & the vermin that are around him & no matter what happens to me today or at any other time, know that as long as there is life in me I will oppose the darkness & evil that they represent.”
Fani-Kayode added that if he’s not detained indefinitely, he will continue to play his role in ensuring that Bola Tibubu wins in the forthcoming general elections.
“The most important thing is not what happens to me but rather achieving the noble quest to ensure the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as our next President. That is the mission that we must focus on because that is the only way to save our country.
“I hope that I will be at liberty & free to continue to play my role in that quest but if I am not and I am detained indefinitely or till the election is over so be it. In such circumstances be rest assured that I will be praying fervently for Asiwaju’s victory from the inside. For the record I have said or done nothing wrong or that I should not have said or done and I stand by everything that I have said or written in the past on all issues.
“It is not a crime to express my concerns about the despicable activities of Atiku who, in my view, has a hidden agenda and who is so desperate for power that he is prepared to do anything and turn the whole country upside down in order to achieve it.
“May God protect our people & nation from such a shameless & questionable character & such a disastrous plight & may He continue to be with us all.”