The easiest way to get on the bad side of Fani-Kayode, popularly known as FFK, was to describe him as a member of the APC or a supporter of Buhari. A barrage of social media insults subsequently followed.
When a blog reported the rumour of his defection to the APC in December 2019, Fani-Kayode launched a tirade of abuse at the ruling party and even said he would rather die than join it.
He described the APC as an association of ‘Almajiri’- children who are sent far away to gain Islamic knowledge but end up becoming street beggars.
“The suggestion that I joined the APC is false and insulting. Those that are peddling this fake news should bury their heads in shame. With what we have witnessed I would rather die than join a filthy, rat-infested, sinking ship like the Almajiri Peoples Congress,” he said on Twitter.
“Those that claim that I have joined them and that seek to link my good
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