NOW THAT FANI IS BACK HOME BY HARDBALL

It is safe to say that enfant terrible Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) is back where he truly belongs, in the fold of the ravenous Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. When he was sighted like a strange object a few weeks back in Aso-Rock Presidential Villa, it was obvious that he was desperate to get back on the gravy train. Hardball thinks there is absolutely nothing wrong with that except that he lied, no, he fobbed about it. “Aso Rock belongs to all of us”, he quibbled when reporters confronted him. I will let you know if I want to decamp from my party, he said further about his political status.

None would be surprised at FFK’s flagellation; it has become his stock-in-trade to return to his sputum. And among serious circles, none would take him serious because he has no real political value or enduring character quality. He is only rich in nuisance value which unfortunately, is what sells in today’s Nigerian politics.

What rankles, however, is FFK trying to put a credible veneer to his jump to PDP. He ought to know that it does not matter anymore; Nigerians already know him for what he is, a hollow gong that makes strident noise seeking notice. Making up some phoney excuses for his ‘great’ jump has only diminished his gung-ho, swashbuckling qualities. One would have expected him to simply hold out his chest and announce to the world that: I am out of here; I am going back to my people.

It is cheap and very low for FFK to add blackmail to his devious peregrinations. Hear him on why he is dumping APC for PDP: “I cannot remain in a party where a handful of people that have sympathies for Boko Haram and that have a clear Islamic agenda are playing a leading role. This is made all the more untenable when some of those people are working hard silently and behind the scenes to impose a Muslim/Muslim ticket on the party for the presidential election next year.

“I cannot be in a party where a few of its leaders are more interested in playing politics with the whole Chibok issue and hurling bricks at our military for not doing a better job. I cannot be in a party in which the role of one of its governors is not clear on the Chibok issue.”

A few questions here: was FFK in APC in the real sense of it; did he have any weight? FFK must tell us who are these people in APC who have sympathies for Boko Haram. Who is this governor he indicts so brazenly? When did a Muslim/Muslim ticket become a grave offence in Nigeria’s politics to force a man to quit his party? Lastly, FFK is now the defender and spokesman for the Nigerian military that we must never criticise because he says so.

Gee, we thought FFK’s trajectory was rough and dirty but it seems we ain’t seen ‘nuthing’. Now that he is back in familiar trenches he portends to be more dangerous than ever; he is going to spray muck like never before. Hardball would suggest that APC does well to ignore him and nevers respond to his tantrums. FFK is like a blank slate that must be filled every morning. Why help him fill it?

Source: THE NATION