The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has reacted sternly hours after the Nigeria Police Force summoned its Director of Special Projects and New Media, Femi Fani-Kayode, for questioning.
The Department of State Services (DSS) questioned Fani-Kayode on Monday for insinuating that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was planning a coup with top military generals.
Following his release, Fani-Kayode addressed a press conference in Abuja, where he admitted to being thoroughly grilled by the secret police, adding that he should have been more circumspect.
However, the Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement issued Wednesday that the AIG of Police also summoned Fani-Kayode for questioning on Tuesday.
Onanuga said the police should allow the DSS to complete its investigation.
“The APC-PCC is concerned about the latest invitation by another security agency, just some 10 days to the election, when he is most needed as our director of New Media,” he said.
Onanuga noted that even though the APC campaign did not dispute the police’s right to invite its representative, they should be aware that the DSS was already looking into the matter.
He added: “Chief Fani-Kayode, upon his first interview by the DSS, described the agency as “very professional”, in the way the operatives grilled him on a tweet accusing one of the opposition leaders of cooking something with the military authorities. The DSS at the meeting made it clear to him that the basis of his tweet, a newspaper report, was not correct.
“We want the police to allow the investigation to go its full course, so that they do not open themselves to suspicions that they were implementing an agenda scripted by the opposition.
“Chief Fani-Kayode is a respected Nigerian and had served his country as minister of aviation. He will be available any time to answer for his actions.”