FORMER Spokesperson to ex- President Goodkuck Jonathan’s campaign
Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode has said that the spokesperson for
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wilson Uwujaren, lied
in his rebuttal of claims about his health, stating that the anti-graft
agency’s boss is also not fit to head the organization as he is ignorant
of what goes on withing the agency’s complex.
In a statement signed by his Special Assistance on media, Jude Ndukwe,
Fani-Kayod described Uwujaren’s claims on his health as “dubious and
attention seeking alarm” and rather called on the public to visit the
agency’s head office in Abuja to confirm the authenticity of his health
claims.
read thus: “We read with deep regret, the purported rebuttal by EFCC
spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on our concerns raised about Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode’s health condition while in the custody of EFCC.”
“We had made known to the public the fact that the former minister of
culture and tourism slumped on Saturday, 22ndof October, 2016, owing to a
health condition which he has been treating since his unfortunate
prolonged incarceration by the anti-graft agency.”
“In fact, it was one of the Commission’s agents who saw the incident and
raced to Chief Fani-Kayode’s assistance after which he was rushed to the
clinic in the EFCC complex where he was promptly attended to.”
“Since then, the former director of media and publicity of the 2015 PDP
Campaign Organisation has been reporting to the clinic on a daily basis as
required by the doctors for continued checks.
“More so, Fani-Kayode’s doctors have since sent in a record of his medical
history to the EFCC for their information and guidance.”
“It therefore beats our imagination that the anti-graft body’s spokesman
is not abreast with what is happening within the four walls of his
organization. This simply shows that Mr Wilson Uwujaren lacks the basic
capacity to run an office as simple as that of an organisation’s
spokesperson.”
“Apart from being ridiculous and childish, we find Uwujaren’s claim that
the concerns we raised in that statement was ‘dubious and attention
seeking alarm’ as not only unintelligent and pernicious but also a
reflection of the organization’s staffing capacity which we consider as
largely perfunctory.”
“Those who wish to verify our concerns can visit the Abuja Head Office of
EFCC and find out things for themselves rather than rely on a spokesperson
whose verification processes of events in their Abuja Head Office is
obviously based on hearsay.” “We urge members of the public to
discountenance the purported rebuttal and treat is as a product of
disinformation.”
“While we concede that indeed Fani-Kayode and Obanikoro shared jokes
together on Monday, the incident in question happened the
previousSaturday. Unless Uwujaren wished that Fani-Kayode should not have
been revived, we see no reason why he should not share jokes with anyone
the following Monday.”
“The jokes he shared not only with Obanikoro but also with many around him
including operatives is only a reflection of the fact that Fani-Kayode has
remained his usual self despite being persecuted.”
“However and once again, we call on all those who have anything against
Chief Fani-Kayode to follow the due process and keep a date with him in
court as he is very much willing to put an end, through legal means, to
this charade baptized as anti-corruption fight rather than them using
extra-judicial means and tactics to dehumanize him simply because of his
frightening yet very popular and truthful opinions on the state of the
nation.”
“Lastly, we reiterate our earlier position that no harm must come the way
of the former minister who has come to be seen by millions of the
oppressed, the downtrodden and all victims of tyranny and executive
highhandedness as a symbol of truth, hope and liberation.”