Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode is under severe criticism on Twitter for recommending Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello.
The idea that Gov. Yahaya Bello should not run for the Presidency & that the NC zone, which has never produced a democratically-elected President,ought to settle for another position is absurd. Nigeria needs strong & decisive leadership, a generational change & a bridge-builder.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) April 11, 2021
Some of the outraged critics recalled how Fani-Kayode once described Yahaya Bello as a politician whose mental faculties are non-functional.
In one of his tweets dated April 5, 2018. Fani-Kayode had described Yahaya Bello as ‘an accursed slave’ whose mental faculties are non-functional.
Femi wetin dey occur?
I thought you said his mental faculties are non-functional pic.twitter.com/GOEC8NQruf— There’s God (@danbosket26) April 11, 2021
The North Central Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had asked Bello to relinquish his desire to run for the position of president come 2023 after he declared his interest.
But reacting on Sunday, Fani-Kayode took to his Twitter page to say it is absurd for some Nigerians to kick against the North Central producing the next Nigerian President.
He noted that Nigeria needs strong and decisive leadership, a generational change and a bridge-builder.
“The idea that Gov. Yahaya Bello should not run for the Presidency & that the NC zone, which has never produced a democratically-elected President, ought to settle for another position is absurd,” Fani-Kayode said.