An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has blasted the Deputy High Commissioner of the United Kingdom (UK) to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, over the latter’s comment and visa ban threat following the Commission’s stance on the last governorship and state assembly elections.
Llewellyn-Jones had, during a Nigeria Info radio interview on Sunday, berated the utterances of Fani-Kayode in the aftermath of the elections.
Responding through series of tweets featuring the image of the British Deputy High Commissioner, the former Minister of Aviation described him as a “little Englander.”
He said, “I ask, who is this strange little British diplomat who believes he can tell us what Lagos state should be like in terms of ethnic make-up and how it should be run?
“He has accused me of hate speech and incitement simply because I said Lagos is not a no man’s land and that the Yoruba ought to be respected in their territory.
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“Well let me say clearly and categorically that I have no apology for saying this and I stand by every word I said.
“We do not need any lessons from him. Foreign diplomats come to this country to enhance our relationship with theirs and not to give us lectures.
“They are not supposed to interfere in our internal affairs, to be partial, to tell us what to do or to tell us how to do it.
“They are meant to observe in studied silence and make their concerns and representations, if any, known privately.
“They cannot get into the political ring of fire. They cannot tell us how to vote, who to vote for, how to worship, what God to praise, who to marry, who not to marry and which party to support.
“Neither can they threaten us and impose their double standards and godless ‘woke’ and ‘globalist’ values on us.
“That strange little bald man with slooping shoulders at the British Embassy has really got a nerve.
Fani-Kayode also threatened take up the matter formally, saying that the diplomat’s immunity is not absolute in an independent sovereign nation.
“To hell with him and those that are egging him on and licking his feet,” he added.