Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has been severely criticised over his claim that the Abdullah Iskilu-Wakili captured by OPC members on Sunday was not the real Fulani warlord terrorising the people of Ibarapaland in Oyo State.
The Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Oyo State, Mr. Rotimi Olumo, described the former minister as a ‘lie merchant and an expert in misinformation’ over the claim.
He spoke in a Wednesday statement while reacting to the ex-minister’s comment shared via a tweet on Tuesday.
One Isikilu Wakili, a foreign Fulani terrorist who operates in the Ipbarapa area, is the most notorious, dangerous & bloodthirsty terrorist in the SW today. He killed even more people yesterday. He is even worse than Abu & the old man that is in police custody in Ibadan. 1/
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 9, 2021
But reacting, Olumo said, “Fani- Kayode is one of the politicians that thrive in telling lies. He has a reputation for using his social media page to foment trouble and cause disunity in Yorubaland. He had once said that Yoruba language was Anago. How can you take such a person too serious?
“I remember former President Olusegun Obasanjo once said that Fani-Kayode can do anything for money and survival.
“He lives in Abuja, romancing with the North, yet he was the first to refute the claim that the kidnapper was not Wakili. Where did he get his information?
“With his untenable claim, I know and I am sure that the former minister is doing the bid of his paymasters, who are majorly from the North. He is the undisputed spokesperson for any politician that is ready to feather his nest.
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“He should be warned to stop drumming the beat of disunity in Yorubaland. Fani-Kayode was one of the few people that called and congratulated our leader, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams on Monday, on the success of the operation of the OPC, and the following day, he twisted the story refuting the claim that the man apprehended wasn’t Wakili.”
Olumo further explained that the operation to capture Wakili lasted at least five hours with a fierce battle ensuing between the OPC, joint security operatives and the suspects.
At the end, he said, Wakili was captured but his son, Abu, escaped using their cattle as cover.
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