The State Security Services, SSS, has invited a former minister of aviation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his comment on an alleged coup plot.
Mr Fani-Kayode, in a series of tweets last week, had alleged that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, had a secret meeting with some top army generals.
He claimed the meeting could be a part of plots to disrupt the forthcoming general election.
The Nigeria Army and Mr Abubakar have however denied the allegations and called for the arrest of the former minister.
The service gave Mr Fani-Kayode 48 hours to appear before it or “the worst will happen”.
In a statement on Monday, Mr Fani-Kayode, who is also the director of special media projects of the APC PCC, confirmed the invitation.
He disclosed that he would honour the invitation because he has nothing to fear.
He said: “Three days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals, I received a text message from someone who claimed to be a DSS officer asking me to report to them on a matter of national security.
“I dismissed the invitation because it was vague, and I was not sure whether it really came from the DSS. In any case, I had no intention of going anywhere unless I was formally invited.
“To my surprise I received a formal letter from them to report to their office without fail two days later, which was yesterday evening. I put a call through to them and was advised to take the matter very seriously and report to them on the stipulated day and time otherwise the worse may happen.
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“I found it interesting that a call came from one of Atiku’s dogs for me to be arrested by the security agencies yesterday, and had it not been for the fact that the DSS had actually sent a text to me two days earlier, I may have thought that they were acting on the instructions of what can only be described as a hopeless and desperate presidential candidate, opposition party and PCC, who are clutching at straws, drowning fast, seeking to silence those that give them sleepless nights, shivering in despair and staring defeat in the face in the upcoming presidential election.
“Clearly, the DSS were not influenced by Atiku and were simply doing their job by inviting me on a matter that needs explanation and clarification and for a thorough interrogation. I always honor their invitations when properly invited because that is the right and proper thing to do.
“This is all the more so when it touches and concerns matters of national security which I take very seriously, and when it involves agencies like the DSS who are professional and thorough in their methods and approach.
“I have nothing to hide and consequently I will present myself before the DSS this morning as I have been asked to do.”
While maintaining his innocence over the comments, the APC chieftain said he stood by his words.
“I maintain my utter contempt for Atiku and the vermin that are around him and no matter what happens to me today or at any other time, know that as long as there is life in me I will oppose the darkness and evil that they represent.
“I am used to arrest, interrogation, detention, prosecution, and so much more, and have suffered these indignities on many occassions over the last 15 years
“I have no fear: nothing moves me and only death can silence me,” he noted.
