Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has reacted to the redeployment of Femi Fani-Kayode as the Ambassador to Germany.
Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the Nigerian Senate collaborated Fani-Kayode claim that he requested his redeployment from Germany to South Africa for personal reasons.
In a post made on X, Sani said, “I’m fully aware that Chief Fani Kayode was the one who requested that his posting to Germany be changed to South Africa.
“His reason for the request is purely personal,” Sani wrote.
POLITICS NIGERIA had reported that President Bola Tinubu approved Fani-Kayode’s posting as Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to South Africa.
Also, the former minister in a statement on Thursday, said the president’s approval followed his formal representation to the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar.
According to him, he had informed the minister that he was not comfortable serving in Germany for personal reasons.
“I therefore made an application for a redeployment to South Africa two days after the initial announcement was made and I am pleased to say that after the then Foreign Minister (H.E. Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar) heard my reasons he considered them favourably after which he conveyed the request to Mr President who graciously approved it.
“I will be eternally grateful to Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for this favourable consideration.
“I also take this opportunity to thank Senator Sam Enang, who was originally posted to South Africa and who was pleased to go to Germany instead, to agree to a straight swap,” Fani-Kayode said.
