Former campaign manager for Goodluck Jonathan's 2015 presidential bid,
Fani Kayode has slammed President Buhari over the arrest of Sambo Dasuki
and the interrogation of others allegedly involved in the $2billion
shady arms deal.
The very opinionated politician has attacked President Muhammadu
Buhari for the alleged witch hunt of former National Security Adviser,
Sambo Dasuki among other former political office holders being
investigated.
Read the statement below...
“I have just spoken to Colonel Kayode Are, the former D-G of
SSS during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration and the former
Acting National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and I am
deeply concerned. He told me that his house is under siege and that
gunshots are being fired at him and his family as we were speaking.
“I am not sure what the issue is about but a situation where
security men go to the home of a respected patriot like that and start
shooting at him and his family for whatever reason is unacceptable and
extremely dangerous. When you consider what is happening in Are’s home
and marry with the shameful manner in which Colonel Sambo Dasuki, Chief
Raymond Dokpesi, Governor Attahiru Bafawara, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda,
Nnamdi Kanu, Godswill Orubebe, Bukola Saraki, Sule Lamido and others are
being persecuted, threatened and demonised by the Federal Government it
is clear that we are now in a police state in which law and order has
broken down and in which anything can happen.
“The case of Dasuki was particularly bad. He was barricaded in
his home against court orders and treated like an animal for three
weeks. He was humiliated and subjected to mental and psychological
torture for no just cause for that period of time even though the courts
had told the SSS to let him travel out of the country for urgent
medical attention. Instead of doing so after three tortuous weeks the
SSS stormed his home, held everyone captive at gunpoint, grabbed him in
front of his family, bundled him in a car and carried him to an unknown
destination without any lawful authority or any arrest warrant.
“As far as I am concerned they are trying to kill him simply by
denying him the right to see his doctors even though they know that he
is very sick. If this were not the case then why are they indulging in
all this dangerous and reckless drama. If they want to prosecute him
that is fair enough but at least they should ensure that he stays well
and that he remains alive and that they don’t kill him. You cannot
prosecute a dead body and you cannot charge a man to court after he is
dead.
“I saw Dasuki on various occasions before his arrest and I
assure you that he really is very ill. What harm could have been done by
allowing him to see his doctor as the courts ordered? Does he not have
the right to live and get medical treatment? Is it not clear that there
is more to this than meets the eye? Why are people remaining silent when
this is a clear case of vendetta, vengeance, wickedness, injustice and a
crude attempt to destroy, silence and kill an innocent man ? It is
Dasuki today but it could be anyone else tomorrow.
“The truth is that the Buhari government is playing a dangerous
game of Russian roulette with a loaded gun and if they are not careful
it will soon explode. If they are not careful they will soon lose the
confidence and trust of the people. They do not fear God. They are
vindictive, petty, vicious, unforgiving and unjust and if they continue
in this way apart from alienating the people they run the risk of
provoking the wrath of God.
“If they have any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Dasuki
or anyone else then they should present it in court rather than on the
pages of newspapers and if they wish to charge anyone they should go
ahead and do so in a lawful, proper and civilized manner. The era of
witchhunting and demonising people and attempting to cower and subdue
them into silence are long over.
“Those of us that oppose this government can never be
intimidated or silenced because God is with us. If we could stand up
against military dictatorship in the past, we can stand up against
civilian dictatorship today. Anything outside of prosecuting people in a
lawful manner and according to due process is barbaric and unacceptable
and our President needs to be reminded that he is not running a
military government but a democratic one.
“This attempt to silence us with guns, bullets, threats of
arrest and prosecution, violence, storming of homes, locking up of
relatives, kidnapping of citizens, shameful lies, baseless allegations,
demonisation in the media and disinformation will not work. They do not
have enough prisons to silence the voice of the Nigerian people or to
break their spirit and no-one is intimidated by the governments evil
tactics and wicked ways. My message to President Buhari is simple and
clear: stop terrorizing your own people and save your terror waves and
gestapo tactics for Boko Haram. “
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