The former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Thursday,
alleged that the minister of information, Lai Muhammed and the senior special
adviser to president Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, threatened to
shut down the television station that granted him interview about Buhari’s
health status,..
government and two years in office, if they dare air it for
Nigerians to view. Fani-Kayode made this known in his write up tagged, “A
COLONY OF MONKEYS AND A CONGRESS OF BABOONS” on his tweeter handle. The former
minister faulted Buhari’s administration and modus operandi on freedom of
speech and government criticisms, saying that his government is “where any form
of resistance or opposition is regarded as subversion and is met with brutality
and lethal force and where any telling criticism of the ruling APC party,
government officials or the President is regarded as “hate speech” that must be
suppressed”. According to him, “A few days ago I had a revealing, probing and
in-depth interview with a leading television station about President Muhammedu
Buhari, his record in office over the last two years, his health and his
government. “Lai Mohammed, our notoriously excitable and mendacious Minister of
Information, was so upset and disturbed by the contents of that discussion that
he personally called the television station that recorded it and told them that
the government would close them down if they dared to air it. “His call was
followed by an equally threatening one from the chief executive of the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation who issued the same threat. “Yet it did not stop
there. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, almost defecated in his pants
when he got a whisper of some of the things that I had revealed and he wondered
out loud how I managed to get all the facts and information that I shared
during the interview. “He begged the station not to air it as well and also
threatened them with dire consequences if they did so. Sadly the station in
question got cold feet, succumbed to the threats and fell for the blackmail. “I
am not surprised by this and neither do I blame them for doing so. I say this
because they, more than any other, have been subjected to all manner of
harassment over the years yet despite that they remain one of the most
balanced, professional, forthright and courageous media outfits in the country
till today. “They are indeed the first amongst equals but they also know the
monsters that they are dealing with when it comes to the Buhari administration
and they appreciate the fact that they have to be extremely careful even when
it comes to reporting what are essentially notorious facts. “They have to be
even more careful when it comes to allowing strong opposition figures like
yours truly and other non-conformists and perceived enemies of the government
to use their powerful platform to air their personal opinions and strong
dissenting views. The truth is that this government is vicious and dangerous
and, in my view, they are only one step away from “disappearing” (Argentinian
style) media practitioners, publishers, essayists, columnists and writers that
are not prepared to bow down to their unholy will and lick their filthy,
unclean and unwashed posterior. “Simply put they are chicken-hearted
governments that are terrified of their own shadow. “They are a government of
uncircumcised Philistines who were put in power by heathens and unbelievers and
who attract and enjoy the support of every low-life and apostate from the south
side of hell. Nothing terrifies them more than public scrutiny and the glorious
light of accountability and truth. “From the top to the bottom they are all the
same: gangsterish and paranoid charlatans who flourish in darkness and who
thrive in division, conflict, lies, deceit, suppression, threats, murder,
violence and intimidation. “Femi Adesina’s cowardice and perfidy particularly
is nothing new. This is the same man that threatened the publisher of two
leading national newspapers to close my weekly column and that has been begging
and offering inducements to virtually every online magazine that I write for to
stop publishing my essays. “That is how fearful, feeble, powerless, shameless,
cowardly and paranoid the Buhari government has become. That is the level of
their depravity and that is the level that they have degenerated to. “They
cannot take criticism and they cannot bear any form of factual and in-depth
analysis of their abysmal and woeful performance. “They do not have the stomach
or intellectual stamina for a strong and lively challenge, for what I would describe
as “hard talk” or indeed for any form of virile debate and contentious public
discourse. “Simply put they behave like a congress of baboons and a colony of
monkeys. They always run away from a real fight and a real debate and they are
terrified of those that are ready to take them on. “Instead of attempting to
defend themselves in the court of public opinion they seek to silence the
opposition by the power of their might and they seek to suppress dissent,
muscle the media and bury the truth.”
The former Aviation
minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Thursday, alleged that the minister of
information, Lai Muhammed and the senior special adviser to president
Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, threatened to shut down the
television station that granted him interview about Buhari’s health
status, government and two years in office, if they dare air it for
Nigerians to view.
Fani-Kayode made this known in his write up tagged, “A COLONY OF MONKEYS
AND A CONGRESS OF BABOONS” on his tweeter handle. The former minister
faulted Buhari’s administration and modus operandi on freedom of speech
and government criticisms, saying that his government is “where any form
of resistance or opposition is regarded as subversion and is met with
brutality and lethal force and where any telling criticism of the ruling
APC party, government officials or the President is regarded as “hate
speech” that must be suppressed”.
According to him, “A few days ago I had a revealing, probing and
in-depth interview with a leading television station about President
Muhammedu Buhari, his record in office over the last two years, his
health and his government.
“Lai Mohammed, our notoriously excitable and mendacious Minister of
Information, was so upset and disturbed by the contents of that
discussion that he personally called the television station that
recorded it and told them that the government would close them down if
they dared to air it.
“His call was followed by an equally threatening one from the chief
executive of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation who issued the same
threat.
“Yet it did not stop there. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman,
almost defecated in his pants when he got a whisper of some of the
things that I had revealed and he wondered out loud how I managed to get
all the facts and information that I shared during the interview.
“He begged the station not to air it as well and also threatened them
with dire consequences if they did so. Sadly the station in question got
cold feet, succumbed to the threats and fell for the blackmail.
“I am not surprised by this and neither do I blame them for doing so. I
say this because they, more than any other, have been subjected to all
manner of harassment over the years yet despite that they remain one of
the most balanced, professional, forthright and courageous media outfits
in the country till today.
“They are indeed the first amongst equals but they also know the
monsters that they are dealing with when it comes to the Buhari
administration and they appreciate the fact that they have to be
extremely careful even when it comes to reporting what are essentially
notorious facts.
“They have to be even more careful when it comes to allowing strong
opposition figures like yours truly and other non-conformists and
perceived enemies of the government to use their powerful platform to
air their personal opinions and strong dissenting views.
The truth is that this government is vicious and dangerous and, in my
view, they are only one step away from “disappearing” (Argentinian
style) media practitioners, publishers, essayists, columnists and
writers that are not prepared to bow down to their unholy will and lick
their filthy, unclean and unwashed posterior.
“Simply put they are chicken-hearted governments that are terrified of
their own shadow.
“They are a government of uncircumcised Philistines who were put in
power by heathens and unbelievers and who attract and enjoy the support
of every low-life and apostate from the south side of hell. Nothing
terrifies them more than public scrutiny and the glorious light of
accountability and truth.
“From the top to the bottom they are all the same: gangsterish and
paranoid charlatans who flourish in darkness and who thrive in division,
conflict, lies, deceit, suppression, threats, murder, violence and
intimidation.
“Femi Adesina’s cowardice and perfidy particularly is nothing new. This
is the same man that threatened the publisher of two leading national
newspapers to close my weekly column and that has been begging and
offering inducements to virtually every online magazine that I write for
to stop publishing my essays.
“That is how fearful, feeble, powerless, shameless, cowardly and
paranoid the Buhari government has become. That is the level of their
depravity and that is the level that they have degenerated to.
“They cannot take criticism and they cannot bear any form of factual and
in-depth analysis of their abysmal and woeful performance.
“They do not have the stomach or intellectual stamina for a strong and
lively challenge, for what I would describe as “hard talk” or indeed for
any form of virile debate and contentious public discourse.
“Simply put they behave like a congress of baboons and a colony of
monkeys. They always run away from a real fight and a real debate and
they are terrified of those that are ready to take them on.
“Instead of attempting to defend themselves in the court of public
opinion they seek to silence the opposition by the power of their might
and they seek to suppress dissent, muscle the media and bury the truth.”
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/lai-muhammed-femi-adesina-threaten-shut-station-granted-interview-fani-kayode/
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/lai-muhammed-femi-adesina-threaten-shut-station-granted-interview-fani-kayode/
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