Former Aviation minster, Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state for calling Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed a terrorist.
Recall that Golden News NG earlier published that Ortom had accused Mohammed of being part of the killer Fulani herdsmen that were terrorising the country. He had also said that he started receiving death threats after, Mohammed had accused him of being against the Fulani tribe.
Reacting to this accusations, FFK has said that calling Bala Mohammed a terrorist is unacceptable and also erroneous. According to him, he doubts if Bala an hurt a chicken. He made this statement via series of tweets on his official Twitter page.
The tweets read;
“We must choose our battles wisely & know who our real enemies are. I have disagreed with my friend & brother Gov. Bala Mohammed on several occassions over the years & I do not share his views on a number of issues but to describe him as a terrorist is uncharitable & absurd.1/
“This is a man who stands up for Southerners Middle Belters and Christians as much as he stands up for Northern Muslims. It is fair to say that had it not been for his efforts President Goodluck Jonathan may not have become President after President Yaradua died. 2/
“His role in the Senate at that time in ensuring that the then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was declared Acting President was exemplary & inspiring. Bala may sometimes say things that many in the South disagree with but his spirit is clean & his mind is pure. 3/
“He is not a racist, a religious bigot or a hegemonist & supremacist. He is not the one that leads a state in which Christians are being slaughtered or that ethnic minorities are being marginalised, humiliated and destroyed.
“If you are looking for a terrorist Governor I can name one or two but Bala is not amongst them. He is a leading member of the PDP Ministers Forum, a group which I belong to, & I assure anyone that cares to listen that he is far more comfortable with indulging in an intellectual joust in which we can agree to disagree than in carrying guns, throwing bombs and killing people.
“It would serve our interest better if we learnt to separate the wheat from the chaff and stop demonising people simply because they do not share our views. To call Bala a terrorist is unacceptable and erroneous. I doubt that has ever killed a chicken let alone a human being.”
See tweets below;
