Former Minister of Aviation and spokesperson for the Goodluck Jonathan presidential campaign organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has decided to change his name to celebrate his acquittal of charges of corruption after seven years of trial.
In a statement issued after his acquittal, Fani-Kayode said he would like to be called David Oluwafemi Olukayode.
Olukayode in Yoruba language means: “The Lord has brought me joy.”
The statement reads in part on Eagle online: “As a mark of honor and respect for the Lord and as an everlasting testimony of my love for and dedication to him, I wish to make it known to the Nigerian public that as from today my name will be changed.
It will no longer be David Oluwafemi Fani-Kayode but instead, it shall be David Oluwafemi Olukayode. Olukayode means “the Lord has brought me joy” and today he has done precisely that.
As from this day, in honor of him and as a small tribute to my love for and total dependance on Him, that shall remain my family name. Once again, I give thanks to God for all that has happened to me and for this great deliverance. To him be all the glory.
I swore that I would not leave the shores of Nigeria until this matter was finally brought to an end and the courts had pronounced my innocence. That was seven years ago.
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I kept faith with that oath and it gives me pleasure to tell you that now that the whole ordeal is over I shall be leaving the shores of my beloved country for the first time in seven years for a short holiday and a long overdue medical examination.
They not only threw the whole book at me but also the entire kitchen sink but the Lord was with me. I stood on His words in Isaiah 50 v.7-9 and I never faltered or doubted Him even in the most difficult times.
Now they know that I serve a mighty God who never forsakes His own. I thank the media for their constant support and attention and I thank the millions of Nigerian people that chose to believe in me and to keep faith with me throughout this ordeal. Once again, I give thanks to the Lord. God bless you all.”
Fani-Kayode was aquitted when Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, ruled that the case against FFK was “feeble” and failed to provide “copious evidence” linking the former minister to money laundering.
The trial which began in 2008 before Justice Ramat Mohammed, was instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly laundering totaling about N100 million while he was minister of culture and tourism and subsequently, aviation minister.
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