Former Aviation Minister and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, has berated the Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, over a letter she wrote to the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden addressing the ills of the 2023 presidential polls.
The article “Hollow Democracy” called out the leadership of the United States and the United Kingdom for congratulating Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the presidential polls.
She stated that the United States has begun to compromise its democratic standards and values by congratulating a man who won an election through dubious and violent means.
Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode has played down the submissions of Chimamanda in her letter to the US President.
Fani-Kayode described the renowned novelist as an “over-rated and Igbocentric new-age diva,” and Nigerians do not need to be tutored by her ideas, The Nigerian Tribune reported.
He said:
“Neither do we need to respond to her self-serving, self-seeking, jaundiced, subjective, partial, primitive, tribal observations and implausible ethno-religious sentiments.
“If anyone needs to know that lawlessness has consequences it is her candidate Peter and not the Nigerian people.”
According to Vanguard, Fani-Kayode urged the novelist to stick to writing her fictional and non-fictional pieces rather than interfere in political matters, which she is not inclined to do.
He said:
“And if anything is hollow it is her well-manicured diva head and not our democracy.
“She is not in this league and she would do well to stick to writing fairy tales.”
The former minister of aviation stated that the approach taken by Chimamanda in reporting his compatriot to a foreign leader does not speak well of her or portray her as a patriotic Nigerian.
Keyamo Blasts Chimamanda Over Letter to Biden
Meanwhile, the respected Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has criticized the letter “Chimamanda.”
Adichie wrote to President Joe Biden of the United States. Adichie, in her letter, highlighted the ills of the 2023 presidential polls while accusing the US of low standards for congratulating Bola Tinubu.
Meanwhile, Keyamo described Adichie’s write-up as an exhibition of a pathetic colonial mentality.
