Ex-Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday eventually defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
He was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of APC, and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni and his Zamfara State counterpart, Bello Matawale,at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The former minister, noted for his strident criticisms of the APC and the Buhari administration, joined the ruling party months after romancing around with APC governors, including defending some of ministers and Federal Government policies.
“Today at the State House, Abuja: Somebody has come and joined the APC. And a large-hearted and magnanimous President received him. Because that’s the essential Buhari for you,” a presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, posted on Facebook attaching pictures of Fani-Kayode and his boss.
The former chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party claimed that he was led inwardly into taking a position to join the ruling party.
Speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting with President Buhari, the Mr. Fani-Kayode, who said he decamped from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the sakes of the country’s unity, said he had been responsible for many other defections into the ruling party.
Declaring that he would be assisting to build unity in the country, the former PDP chieftain also claimed to be instrumental to the defection of some PDP governors and hinted that more opposition governors are being wooed.The three PDP governors whom he named are Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Ben Ayade of Cross River State and Bello Matawale of Zamfara State.
He further said that he has friends across party line and was wooing the governors of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Oyo State, Seyi Makinde; and the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed to join the ruling party.
Before joining APC, Fani-Kayode who has been one of the prominent opposition voices in the country. was a former spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council.
