Ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has apologised to Eyo Charles, the Daily Trust journalist whom he attacked at a press conference.

LagosspyNG had reported how Fani-Kayode, verbally abused at Charles before ending a briefing in Calabar, Cross River state.

Charles had asked him if his recent trips were being sponsored.

In a statement shared via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode said: “I met with my advisors & I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word “stupid” which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar”.

“I have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool & using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so.”