Nigeria, April 25 -- The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has condemned the attack on him by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, for hosting the Israeli Ambassador in Nigeria, Michael Freeman.

Mr Fani-Kayode had kicked against the visit in a Facebook statement, saying Governor Mutfwang "made a grave mistake by hosting the Ambassador of Israel, an ethno-fascist, genocidal, child-killing, terrorist & apartheid nation in his state."

But the governor responded that the visit focused on agriculture, technology, and medicine, not religion or ideology, dismissing Mr Fani-Kayode's criticism as "intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt."

In his Facebook post, the former minister said: "I watched the show of shame & a...