Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode who was also the former Spokesperson to the ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation has declared that he is not a coward. He further quashed speculation circulating that he was hiding from the anti-graft agency, EFCC.
Describing the allegation as an absurdity, Femi Fani-Kayode in a statement noted that he had been in his Abuja residence for the past few weeks.
He also added that he was never called upon or visited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to explain his role in the Presidential campaign funds of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the last general elections.
Fani-Kayode lamented in the statement that he was being treated differently and unfair as others implicated in the case had been called upon to clear their names all the while being treated humanely, with decency and civility.
The statement reads: “I have just read some absurd media reports which have quoted sources in the EFCC as saying that I had gone underground and that I was hiding from them.
“This is false; I have not been invited by the EFCC by letter, neither have they phoned me or attempted to reach me in any other way. I have been in my Abuja home for the last few weeks and I am not hiding from anyone.
“I am not a coward and this attempt to further demonise and humiliate me by the EFCC will fail. If they have any questions for me, why don’t they just write to me or call me, give me a date and I will be in their office.
“I have made my position clear on the issue of the presidential campaign funds. I have written an essay about it in my various columns about two weeks ago and I have been waiting for the EFCC to reach me ever since then.
“They have invited others but they have not invited me. I do not believe that I have done anything wrong and this latest attempt to criminalise me and make me look like a fugitive from justice will fail.”
“Others that were invited to the EFCC over this same campaign funds issue were sent letters of invitation and were reached. I appear to be the exception and now these hideous lies are being fed to the newspapers to make it look as if I am in hiding or that I am running from them just to sensationalise the whole issue.
“This is also to justify that what the EFCC wishes to do which is to arrest me in public, humiliate me or to storm my home and lock me up indefinitely.”