Fani-Kayode defends calling Pantami ‘Friend’, says It’s Politics without bitterness
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed that it is not wrong to be friends with your political adversary.
The former minister stated this after coming under heavy criticism on social media, for sharing photos he took with Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and describing him as “friend and brother.”
Fani-Kayode had, in April, described Pantami as a “jihadist”, following the former’s pro-Al-Qaeda views.
He said he attended the wedding of Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, which held on Friday in the company of Pantami; Bello Matawalle and Babagana Zulum, governors of Zamfara and Borno; Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and other dignitaries — a number of which the former minister has publicly attacked.
However, reacting to the criticism, Fani-Kayode stated that politics is not war but about “bridge-building”.
“Buba Galadima with Ahmad Lawan, GEJ (Goodluck Ebele Jonathan) with PMB, GEJ with VP (Yemi Osinbajo) & Atiku (Abubakar) with PMB. Politics is about bridge-building regardless of your differences. It is not war. You can be friends with your political adversary and still disagree,” he said in a Twitter post.
“It’s called politics without bitterness and being civilized.”
that is to say there is no mortal enemy in politics….
That’s a lesson for us (followers), if we have listening hear
They (politicians) always unite together when it comes to their pockets but disagree in the remaining
Most of the politicians do not have the integrity and what it takes to stand with truth, they are all just after what will benefit them not masses
That’s means we shouldn’t kill ourselves because of any politicians