Fani-Kayode fires at Nigerians mocking Buhari’s death

By Aderinola Abimbola

Former Nigerian minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has criticized those mocking the death of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.

In a well worded post on his X handle on Thursday, Fani-Kayode stated that only God is in the position to judge any human being.

He regarded the act as shameful, despicable and unacceptable.

“The sordid and disrespectful things that a malevolent horde of miscreants and malodrous street urchins are posting in the media about the passing of @MBuhari makes the stomach turn. Whether you loved or hated him, supported or opposed him, revered or despised him or were simply indifferent to the late President one thing is clear: to make mockery of him in death is unacceptable. It is shameful and despicable to make jest of anyone for dying or to dance on that persons grave no matter who he is and no matter what the circumstances are. God alone will judge us after passing and reward or condemn us for our deeds or misdeeds accordingly. It is not for man to do so,” he wrote.

Fani-Kayode also referenced the Bible, reminding people of the story of David and Saul. He stated that death would eventually come for everyone.

“It appears that some of those amongst us have lost all sense of decency…David did not mock King Saul, his greatest enemy, adversary. But instead he treated him with compassion and respect and he eulogised and mourned him. He even slew the man that killed him saying that, no matter what his shortcomings may have been, Saul was still a man that had been anointed King by God and he would therefore never seek to harm him or mock him in death. May I remind those that are celebrating the demise and passing of President Buhari that death comes to us all. It is only a matter of time,” he wrote.

Fani-Kayode expressed his strong distaste for the act. He urged people to realize that their hate will take them to hell. The former minister stated that they will die like stray dogs.

“I urge them to pray hard that they have the long life that he enjoyed. That they are as widely celebrated as he has been in death and that they establish as great a legacy as he did before they go to the grave. Those trolling his memory today will die and be buried like stray dogs with few to remember or mourn them. I urge them to ponder on that. Their hate will lead them to destruction and send them to hell. More importantly their mockery takes NOTHING from President Buhari. He has run his course, he has fought a good fight. He has established a great legacy… and he has gone to meet his maker,” he wrote.