{"id":10334,"date":"2019-05-19T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2019-05-19T12:55:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T12:55:27","slug":"fani-kayode-reacts-as-fg-claims-atiku-pdp-planning-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fani-kayode-reacts-as-fg-claims-atiku-pdp-planning-coup","title":{"rendered":"Fani-Kayode reacts as FG claims Atiku, PDP planning coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode,<br \/>\nhas reacted to claims by the Federal Govenement that the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, were working to make Nigeria ungovernable with the intention of overthrowing President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the 2019 edition of the Annual Ramadan Lecture held at Oro, Kwara State, declared that the opposition were trying \u201creverse\u201d democracy.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Atiku and the PDP were carrying out acts to undermine the Buhari government just to heat up the polity.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting on his Twitter page on Saturday, Fani-Kayode said the Buhari-led government are crying \u2018wolf\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe Presidency, the military and the DSS ALL claim that \u201csome people\u201d are planning a coup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you keep crying wolf? You stole a mandate and now you are shivering with fear, hiding under your beds and shouting \u201ccoup is coming!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bible says \u201cthe wicked have no peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to claims by the Federal Govenement that the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, were working to make Nigeria ungovernable with the intention of overthrowing President Muhammadu Buhari. 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