Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has tendered an unreserved apology to a journalist working for Daily Trust Mr Eyo Charles, for the verbal harassment he meted out to him during a recent press conference in Calabar, the Cross-River State capital.
Fani Kayode also apologised to the Nigeria Union Journalists, family members, friends, and colleagues of the Daily Trust reporter.
Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Government House in Uyo, the ex-minister said he disappointed himself and everyone, noting that his reaction was undefendable.
“I’m deeply sorry for the manner I reacted to the said reporter. I was too hard on him. The question was mischievous, but I fell for it,” he said.
“I should have been smarter than that. I am using this opportunity to reach out to him, and I hope he will be kind enough to forgive me”, the temperamental politician added.
“I disappointed myself, my family and friends, my colleagues and even my bosses, those who hold me in high esteem”, the former minister admitted.
“I have regrets, it was not my finest day. No leader or public figure should ever react like that. I disappointed myself. I deeply regret it and I believe it will never happen again”, Fani Kayode concluded.
