Nigerians would rather dig a hole to escape rather than fight back when pushed to the wall — Fani-Kayode

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode 

Former Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Nigerians as people who have no courage to confront tyranny.

He said that it is only a Nigerian that can be pushed to the wall, and rather than fighting back he will dig a hole into it to escape.



The former minister spoke specifically about the recent statement credited to General Theophilus Danjuma who said Nigerians will no longer sleep if he revealed what he knows about Nigeria.

In a post on his official Facebook page, Fani-Kayode called on Nigerians to make a choice now between freedom and servitude, light and darkness.

Below is his full post:

I am conversant with much of world history yet I have NEVER read or heard of a people that are more comfortable with tyranny and bondage and pleased with poverty and suffering than Nigerians.




Push a Nigerian to the wall and rather than fight back he will dig a hole into it to escape.

Consider Gen. T.Y. Danjuma. He still can't find the balls to speak the truth and reveal all yet he is complaining about others! He more than any other helped put the north in power on July 29th 1966. He also supported Buhari in 2015.

Someone please tell him that Nigerians have already lost their sleep and that he should speak up NOW & free us from the bondage that he helped put us in.


Obasanjo, Danjuma, Babangida, Tinubu, Adeboye, Mbaka, Atiku and all the others that helped put Buhari in power in 2015 and destroy Nigeria will answer to God for what they did.

Due to their poor judgement hundreds of thousands have been killed in the last 4 years and so many lives and families have been decimated and destroyed. The blood of these innocent souls and victims screams from the earth and is crying to God in Heaven for vengeance.



We must be bold enough to speak the truth and the truth is that Buhari is not our only problem but all those who colluded with him and conspired to put him in power in 2015.

We warned them over and over again yet they refused to listen. Worse still they insulted us, ridiculed our concerns, laughed us to scorn, belittled our fears and stubbornly and blindly insisted on putting a beast in power. Now they are ALL complaining!

As a people Nigerians have nothing to lose anymore. We have lost it all already but we just don't know it or we refuse to accept and admit it!



Our nation, our freedom, our pride, our dignity, our honor and our self-esteem: all gone! The only thing that we have left to fear is fear itself and death: yet, as the Bible says, "to die is Christ and to live is gain!"

I urge my people to shed their FEARS and to find the courage to stand up and speak truth to power! I urge them to be the men and women that they were destined to be and not to accept the tyranny of tyrants or choose to be part of a colony of slaves.

It is time to make a choice between freedom and servitude. It is time to choose between light and darkness. It is time to stand for good and the forces of light against evil and the forces of darkness.


I have made that choice and I urge you to join me: I would rather live free for a short period of time and make a difference than live a slave for one thousand years!

(Femi Fani-Kayode)