Yari Denies Assault on FAAN Official, Threatens to Drag Fani-Kayode To Court

A former governor of Zamfara State, Mr. Abdulaziz Yari, has denied assaulting any official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Saturday.

FAAN had on @Wednesday in a tweet on its official Twitter handle said the ex-governor had allegedly assaulted an airport official on Saturday 11th July 2020.

However, Yari, in a statement by his aide,Mayowa Oluwabiyi, on Thursday, said he never assaulted any official, while admitting he passed through the airport.

He also said he followed all the COVID-19 protocols by FAAN.

Yari demanded an apology from FAAN, citing that the incident in the tweet never happened.

He also threatened to file a charge against former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode over his comments on the issue.

The statement read, “His Excellency Abdulaziz Yari finds the (FAAN) tweet odious and distasteful, he, therefore, demands that FAAN retract the offensive tweet and tender an immediate public apology to him for the falsehood published about his person.

“His Excellency Abdulaziz Yari also noted the unwarranted and needlessly vicious attack on his person and reputation by the former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-kayode via his Twitter handle @realffk as a result of the tweet from FAAN earlier on Wednesday.

“We wish to re-affirm that H.E Abdulaziz Yari, the former governor of Zamfara State is a law-abiding Nigerian who will never resort to violence on any issue whatsoever.

“H.E Yari holds the Federal Government of Nigeria in very high esteem and supports all steps taken by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to fight the deadly pandemic.

“However, the vicious attack on the person and reputation of H.E Abdulaziz Yari cannot be winked at.

“Mr. Femi Fani-kayode will hear from H.E Yari’s lawyers in due course in order to set the record straight.”