Why Wike, Fayose Are ‘Men After My Heart’ – Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, as men after his heart.

Fani-Kayode was reacting to the incident in Port Harcourt on Thursday, where Governor Wike was said to have rescued the former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, from “house arrest”.

Some police operatives were said to have laid siege to Nunieh’s residence to prevent her from attending an investigative hearing on the Senate’s probe of alleged misappropriation of N40 billion by the interim management committee of the NDDC. The former NDDC boss had accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of corruption and sexual harassment.

Reacting to the incident via his verified Facebook page, Fani-Kayode flayed the police, saying: “Sending armed policemen to raid Joy Nunieh’s home at 4.00am in the morning, putting her under siege and house arrest and blocking her from leaving her house as she was scheduled to leave for the airport to travel to Abuja and testify before the Senate this morning is cowardly and shameful.

“Governor Nyesom Wike actually saved her life by arriving on the scene and taking her out safely.”

Fani-Kayode said the incident reminded him of when Fayose, during his tenure as Ekiti governor, prevented officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from unlawfully detaining his wife at a branch of Access Bank, Ado Ekiti, in 2016.

He said, “[It] reminds me of the time that my friend and brother Governor Ayo Fayose saved my wife Precious and my son Aragorn’s lives by delivering them from the hands of armed goons in police uniform who had targeted them for arrest and abduction and conducted an illegal operation against them in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state 4 years ago.

“They had arrested and detained them illegally in a bank for hours and were about to physically drag them outside and into a vehicle, carry them to God knows where and abduct them when Fayose burst in on the scene with his men and forcefully delivered and saved them. What a man!”

Fani-Kayode added, “I have been reliably informed that the police raid on Joy’s house at 4.00am was yet another illegal operation and was NOT backed by a search or arrest warrant or authorised by the Commissioner of Police of Rivers state or the Inspector General of Police.

“It was simply an attempt to abduct her, take her away and possibly kill her and they spent a good deal of the time trying to break the doors of her home down and get in.

“Wike arrived on the scene, broke the siege, delivered her from the enemy and saved her life. I commend him for this courage.

“He and Fayose shall forever be men after my heart,” he said.