Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for saying that his military administration was toppled in 1985 for its uncompromising stance on corruption.
Buhari had made this known at the commissioning of the N24 billion Head Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday.
But in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode accused Buhari of committing the greater corruption by overthrowing the democratically-elected government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari in 1983.
The former culture minister also advised the president to stop revisiting history as he “has a lot to answer for”.
See tweets:
Yesterday @MBuhari lamented about how he was detained for 3 years in 1985 for "fighting corruption". He forgot that he staged a coup d'etat in 1983, toppled a democratically-elected govt. and STOLE the Presidency and entire treasury. What could be more corrupt than that?…1/2
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) May 16, 2018
… If his coup had failed he would have been court-martialled, tied to the stake and shot for military insurrecion, mutiny and treason and not just put under house arrest for 3 years. He should count himself lucky and not talk about history because he has much to answer for.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) May 16, 2018