Ambassador-designate to Germany, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Dele Momodu disrespected President Bola Tinubu and insulted the collective intelligence of the Nigerian people for comparing the president to late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha.
Fani-Kayode stated this in Monday post on Facebook.
Momodu had drawn the comparison when he featured as a guest on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television.
He said Nigeria was drifting toward a one-party state under Tinubu and likened the current political climate to the Abacha era.
However, Fani-Kayode said Momodu’s stance was dishonest.
He said, “For my brother Bobby Dee (Dele Momodu) to compare President Tinubu to General Sani Abacha and claim that he is a dictator suggests that he is suffering from a degenerating and worrisome level of cognitive dissonance.
“I love Dele and God knows I have immense respect for him but he sounded drained, tired and broken and spoke little sense yesterday in his interview with Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV.
“May I humbly suggest to him to try and take a break from politics and political commentary for a while, get his breath back and attempt to overhaul his intellectual engine?
“Not only was he uncharitable and disrespectful to the President, the Vice President, the Ministers, the Senators and the newly-appointed Ambassadors, many of whom have far more experience than him in governance and Government, on that programme but he also insulted the collective intelligence of the Nigerian people.”
Fani-Kayode advised Momodu and his associates in the ADC to focus more on “trying to build up their depleted ranks and form a strong opposition that we can look forward to engaging in the field of battle for the 2027 election rather than continously obsess and talk about what our President and our party is doing”.
He stated, “The ADC cannot even be described as a sinking ship but rather as a badly patched up inflatable plastic life boat that has not even managed to find its bearing or leave the harbour.
“It has no engine, no sails, no oars, no captain, no crew, no navigational equipment, no muscle, no firepower, no war chest, no destination and worse of all it is made of rubber and not steel.
“How can such an ill-prepared contraption even float let alone do battle?
“It cannot possibly survive the rough seas and harsh winds of Nigerian politics because it lacks gravitas, focus, character, intelligence, discipline and strength.
“It needs to be built up, better schooled, better trained, better equipped, better educated and better prepared before it can enter the field and before we can even begin to regard it as an opposition party.
“Right now it can only be described as a haven and pitiful gathering of vacuous, shallow, intellectual frauds and political renegades who lack foresight and who have no direction.”
Credit: The Sun