Former Minister of Aviation and an advocate of restructuring, Femi Fani-Kayode, has revived the controversy surrounding the murder of Gideon Akaluka.
This comes a few hours after the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was dethroned by the Kano State Executive Council on Monday, March 9, 2020.
Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode in a message posted on his Twitter handle claimed that the deposed one played a central role in the killing of Gideon Akaluka in the mid-90s.
He alleged that Gideon Akaluka, a southeasterner, was beheaded by a mob led by the deposed one for allegedly disrespecting the Holy Koran. Mr. Kayode called for the deposed one to be brought to book now that he has been deposed.
His words:
“Now that he that b*headed Gideon Akaluka has been deposed it is time to bring him to justice for murder. Akaluka was butchered by a Kano mob in the mid-1900s for desecrating the Koran. The deposed one led that crowd, severed his head from his body ¶ded it on a long pole.
“He was hidden from Abacha in a Sokoto prison for two years after committing this heinous crime whilst all his co-conspirators were summarily executed by the security forces.
“A prominent banker whose son has been convicted of Islamist terrorism in America intervened on his behalf, begged Abacha and consequently he was later set free and allowed to go down south and into banking.”
Now that he that beheaded Gideon Akaluka has been deposed it is time to bring him to justice for murder. Akaluka was butchered by a Kano mob in the mid-1900's for desecrating the Koran. The deposed one led that crowd, severed his head from his body ¶ded it on a long pole.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 9, 2020
