“No Evidence”: Fani-Kayode Mocks PDP Over Drug Trafficking Suit Against Tinubu
- Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister has reacted to the suit challenging the candidacy of the APC standard-bearer, Bola Tinubu
- The APC chieftain said the PDP has failed as they have no evidence to present to the court to support their claims against Tinubu, linking him to drug trafficking and money laundering
- Fani-Kayode was reacting to a statement by the PDP campaign spokesman, Kola Ologbodiyan, who stated the PDP had approached the courts seeking to disqualify Tinubu ahead of the polls
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Femi Fani-Kayode, a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its suit challenging the candidacy of APC standard-bearer Bola Tinubu in the February 25th presidential elections.
On Monday, January 23, the spokesperson for the PDP campaign council, Kola Ologbodiyan, told journalists that the party had approached the courts seeking Tinubu’s disqualification over allegations bordering on a conviction for trafficking narcotics in the United States.
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Fani-Kayode reacts, blasts PDP for taking Tinubu to court
Reacting, Fani-Kayode, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today described the claims as baseless.
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According to the former aviation minister, the case is initiated by the PDP as a smokescreen to deflect attention from the APC’s own case against the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for alleged corruption.
Fani-Kayode said;
“We need to be responsible and it is our duty to expose Atiku for what he really is and we will continue to do that. They have tried to respond by bringing all manner of insults, all manner of fake allegations without any credible evidence."
APC mocks PDP as Alpha Beta ex-MD endorses Tinubu after fraud allegation, sends disturbing message to Atiku
Meanwhile, Festus Keyamo, the chief spokesperson of the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reacted to the endorsement of a former business partner of Bola Tinubu, the ruling party's presidential candidate.
Oladapo Apara, an ex-managing director of the Alpha-Beta Consulting firm, declared support for the APC candidate in the 2023 presidential election, describing Tinubu as the best man to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Apara said his decision to endorse Tinubu followed a dispassionate assessment of other contestants in the presidential race with the former governor of Lagos state.
Atiku: Dele Momodu mocks Keyamo for calling on EFCC to investigate Atiku
Legit.ng earlier reported that Dele Momodu has fired back at Festus Keyamo for asking the EFCC to arrest Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate.
Keyamo has earlier taken a swipe at the PDP candidate over corruption allegation level against him by his former aide, Michael Achimugu.
Achimugu had claimed that Atiku siphoned public money through SPVs when he served as vice president under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.
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