A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, says he would not be intimidated by a “veiled threat of a visa ban” as threatened British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Ben Llewellyn-Jones.
The British envoy had described Mr. Fani-Kayode’s comments prior to the February 25 Presidential election as ‘inciteful’.
In a tweet on his Twitter page, on Sunday, Mr. Fani-Kayode said he would not take lessons on “what to say or how to speak” from the UK envoy.
Recall that Mr. Fani-Kayode is also the APC presidential campaign council’s director of new media.
Earlier, Llewellyn-Jones had faulted the APC chieftain’s several comments.
Some of the former minister’s tweets in reference to the opposition had contained words and phrases deemed derogatory, divisive and inciting.
The Deputy High Commissioner noted that 10 people had been added to the growing watchlist of the UK visa ban.
Reacting to the remarks of the British envoy, Mr. Fani-Kayode said he was “not one of those Nigerians that bows, shakes, shivers and trembles before the British or indeed any other foreigner”.
