The Director of Media and Publicity of
the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr.
Femi Fani-Kayode, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for standing
up against same-sex marriage during his recent visit to the United
States.
The Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had on Wednesday said the issue
of gay marriage was raised in one of the meetings that the President
attended in the US on Tuesday but that Buhari said sodomy “is against
the law in Nigeria, and abhorrent to our culture.”
Fani-Kayode, who has since changed his
name to Femi Olukayode, said on his official Twitter handle on Thursday
that Buhari displayed courage to have rejected same-sex marriage in the
US.
The
former minister, however, said the US ‘helped’ the Boko Haram
insurgents by refusing to classify them as a terrorist organisation
until 2014, and by refusing to sell arms to Nigeria to fight them.
He said, “Buhari said sodomy is against
our laws and abhorrent to our culture. It took courage for President
Buhari to say that.Thanks be to God.
“The US helped Boko Haram immensely by
refusing to classify them as a terrorist organisation until 2014, and by
refusing to sell arms to fight them.”