{"id":10209,"date":"2019-05-16T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10209"},"modified":"2019-05-16T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:57:19","slug":"fani-kayode-speaks-on-alleged-plot-by-atiku-to-overthrow-buhari-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fani-kayode-speaks-on-alleged-plot-by-atiku-to-overthrow-buhari-govt","title":{"rendered":"Fani-Kayode speaks on alleged plot by Atiku to \u2018overthrow\u2019 Buhari govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has reacted to the recent claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and the military that certain persons were planning to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information, Lai Mohamed, had said that Atiku and his party, were doing everything to overheat the polity.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed further described their alleged actions as an act of treason.<\/p>\n<p>However, in response to the claims, Atiku Abubakar in a statement by his media aide, Mazi Paul Ibe, described the allegations as all lies.<\/p>\n<p>Fani-Kayode reacting to the claims on his Twitter page said only soldiers can overthrow the government, not politicians.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister wrote: \u201cAtiku and PDP is plotting to overthrow the Government in a military coup\u201d- Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bible says, \u201cthe wicked run even when no-one is pursuing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I am aware, politicians don\u2019t plan and execute coups: soldiers do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has reacted to the recent claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and the military that certain persons were planning to overthrow the government. 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