Femi Falana, SAN, says
he was not appointed as Minister in the Buhari-led govt because of some
"ideological reason" He said this in an interview with The
Interviewer magazine
Falana said: “I was actually
contacted. I was actually invited to come on board. It took me appreciable time
to make up my mind.
“Along the way, I was made to
understand there were people who were opposed to my appointment for ideological
reasons. It is their right to do so.”
“For me, it would have been a call to
service, not to make money,” he said.
“Those who believed that I should
mobilise people to put in a word for me, or wanted me to speak to somebody I
fought on principle several years ago were, of course, disappointed.
“This guy actually headed one of the
universities at a time students were killed.
“I had to support the students’ cause
at that time. You don’t then expect me to go to him and swallow my vomit. This
is what I mean by the ideological price.”
Falana said there were also “certain
leaders” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that opposed his appointment
because he was not a member of the party. “Of course, they are right.
“Certain people wanted me to be
opportunistic by offering to backdate a membership card for me. I said, ‘no,
over my dead body’. I wasn’t looking for a job. I was gainfully employed.”
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