Why I left APC — Femi Fani-Kayode

I declared for the APC in June last year in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State well before the party was registered by INEC.         I formally joined the party, amidst great fanfare, on 7th February, 2014 in my hometown, Ile-Ife and I registered my membership on that day. The registration was done outside the Ooni’s palace and it was done in the prescence of the media, numerous party leaders in the state, including Hon. Rotimi Makinde, who represents Ile-Ife at the Federal House of Representatives, and all the other key leaders of the APC in the state and Ife-Ife including Chief Akantioke and Alhaji Soko Adewoyin the former  Deputy Governor of Osun state.

Why I’m dumping APC for PDP - Fani-Kayode

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party, accusing the party of having an Islamic agenda and being intolerant.

Fani-Kayode, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, on Monday, said that the leadership of the APC was insincere.

A statement by the former minister described the spokesperson for the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a liar – for allegedly saying that he (Fani-Kayode) never joined the party.
Mohammed did not pick the calls made to his lines by our correspondent.

Former Aviation Minister, Fani Kayode Meets With President Jonathan After APC Diatribe - PM News, Lagos

There were speculations that Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and lately, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC may have decided to return to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party following his close door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday.

Fani Kayode who had in the past few months written a series of critical articles against the Jonathan administration, met with the President behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
At the end of the meeting, the former Aviation minister refused to give details of his discussion with the President in an interview with State House correspondents after the visit.

Nigeria 2015: El-Rufai disagrees with Fani-Kayode, says religion shouldn’t factor in APC’s choice of presidential ticket

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the party’s choice of presidential candidate would not be dictated by religion.“Politics and governance are not to be mixed or dictated to by any religion,” Mr. El-Rufai said.

Mr. El-Rufai, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that the party’s candidates for the 2015 presidential poll should be picked on individual competence rather than religious affiliation.

“APC will present an integrity-competence ticket not religion. Politics and governance are not to be mixed or dictated to by any religion,” Mr. El-Rufai said.

Court fixes Feb 10 to rule on Fani-Kayode money laundering case

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Feb. 10 to rule on the competence of a criminal charge brought against Femi Fani-Kayode, who is being charged for money laundering.

Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, is standing trial on an amended 47-count charge bordering on money laundering.
When the case was called on Monday, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, said she would deliver her ruling on a future date because counsel in the suit had filed their written submissions out of time.