Femi
Fani-Kayode has intervened into the raging feud between former Acting Managing
Director of Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development
Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill
Akpabio.
Nunieh had
accused Akpabio of corruption and trying to harass her sexually.
Reacting to
the development, Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister Fani-Kayode said he had
known Nunieh for many years and that she is not crazy and appealed to her and
Akpabio to sheath their swords.
”I have known
Joy Nunieh for many years. She is a very tough cookie and exceptionally
intelligent. She is not crazy, wayward or flippant.
“She is a
beautiful, righteous and principled lady who is a brilliant lawyer and who has
always had the courage of her convictions. She is also a real fighter.
”I appeal to
both her and my old friend and brother Godswill Akpabio, who I have always
liked and who I have immense respect for despite our political differences, to
sheath their swords,” he said.
Fani-Kayode
said the only people who benefitted from this public spat were those who hated
and sought to mock the people of the Niger Delta and those that have nothing
but contempt and disdain for the Nigerian people generally.
According to
him, the matter had already hit the international airwaves and it is
scandalous.
”When you
marry it to the Hushpuppy scandal and the Magu meltdown, it puts our country
and people in a very precarious situation in the international community.
”Whatever the
issues are between the Minister and the former NDDC MD, let them be ironed out
behind closed doors quietly and let whoever may have done any wrong be
sanctioned by the President and if necessary the security agencies.
”That is how
these things are done at such high levels. It must not degenerate into a no
holds barred market place ‘bolekaja’ slugfest where anything goes.
”And whatever
the case people’s private lives, how many husbands they have had, the
challenges they may have had in marriage and issues of sexual molestation in
the office should not be part of this. To take it to that shameful level is
simply sordid and well beneath both parties who I know very well,” he added.
He stated
that there ought to be some limitations, decency and decorum in this and that
there must be certain lines and boundaries that must never be crossed, saying
that both Godswill and Joy were just too good for this show of shame.
“Again I
appeal to them both: SHEATH YOUR SWORDS before the matter gets to a point of no
return, someone takes advantage of it and something frightful, untoward and
regrettable happens.
May God grant
you both the wisdom to accept my humble counsel and may He watch over, lead and
guide you both,” he said.
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