A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on his hero, American President, Donald Trump, to accept Joe Biden as the next President of the United States.
He said this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the violence unleashed on the US Congress by Trump supporters during the certification of electoral votes.
Fani-Kayode, who had in the last eight weeks, discredited the US elections and called on Trump to reject the result, made a U-turn on Wednesday after the violence.
The former minister said he remained a supporter of Trump but would never condone violence.
He advised the US President to toe the path of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, by accepting the result in order to protect his legacy.
Fani-Kayode claimed the 2015 Presidential election was deeply flawed but Jonathan accepted it anyway and was able to protect his legacy and worm his way into the hearts of Nigerians.
The ex-minister wrote, “As much as I love Donald Trump and believe that he was cheated out of the election I will not support any action from his supporters that would disturb the peace, jeopardise life and property or lead to a civil war in America.
“Those of us that love and believe in him fought a good fight and stood firm, regardless of the odds and the insults, right to the end. It is time to accept the reality of a Biden presidency and move on. We must not let this matter divide and destroy America and indeed the world any further. This is the time to build bridges and come together.