Assault On Daily Trust Journalist, Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani Kayode Apologised.

The Viral Video of the Former Aviation Minister  Femi Fani Kayode verbally attacking a Daily Trust  Journalist in Calabar Cross River State has generated much lambasting on his person.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists condemned the attack and so many prominent journalists in and outside Nigeria.

Femi was given 48 hours by NIJ to apologise and was warned that anything that happened to the said journalist is in his head.

So is not surprising that FFK has tendered an apology letter under 24 hours. The letter reads thus,

“I met with my advisors till late last night and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word “stupid” which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar.

I have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool and using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so.

I do however wish to state categorically that no threat of physical harm was ever made to the journalist in question and neither did I send anyone to threaten him. Anyone that says otherwise is lying and I challenge them to bring the proof.

I would never seek to physically harm a journalist. For the last 30 years I have defended and worked with journalists and fought for the right of freedom of expression.

I am also very close to many in that profession. I would be the last to seek to disparage those that are honorable and noble within its ranks.

I hope that this will assuage the pain and anger of anyone that was hurt or offended by this ugly episode. I have now put this matter behind me and moved on. Now my tour of the South continues. Moving to yet another state today!”