The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) has berated the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode over his recent comment that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, should leave Nigeria and never come back.

COSEYL, the apex socio-political youth group in the South-East described Fani-Kayode’s utterance as an “unguarded statement.”

It had earlier been reported on Thursday, April 6, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain who doubles as the spokesperson of Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) asked Obi to leave the country and never to come back while adding that the sooner the better.

Fani-Kayode’s statement followed Peter Obi’s comment that there was pressure on him to leave the country.

Reacting to Fani-Kayode’s response in a press release signed by its President-General, Goodluck Ibem on Saturday, the group, however, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the ex-minister to tender unreserved apologies to Obi.

The statement stated, “Who is FFK to tell Mr Peter Obi, a bonafide indigene of Nigeria to leave his country and never come back? What gave him such audacity to make such an unguarded statement?

“We give him (FFK) 7 days to retrieve that statement and apologise to Mr Peter Obi for making such a stupid comment.

“If there is anyone that should leave this country to a faraway place and never come back, it is Femi Fani-Kayode whose utterances have brought serious embarrassment to the nation.

“We call on Mr Peter Obi to remain resolute, focus and courageous while pursuing to retrieve his mandate freely given to him by Nigerians through the most legitimate means, which is the court.court.

“People like Femi Fani-Kayode, Lai Mohammed whose job is to lie at all times, Festus Keyamo and the All Progressive Congress, APC, are distractions that should be ignored and not taken seriously because they don’t mean well for our nation.

“The job of retrieving our nation from criminals is a task that must be accomplished no matter the spanner they are throwing at the wheel of progress. Nigeria must be liberated. Enough said!" he had said. (New Telegraph)

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