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Special Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, has accused the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo of being obsessed with the ex-Vice President and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Shaibu made the remark while noting that the current government won’t be stalking opposition figures if it was confident of its performance.
He was reacting to Keyamo’s remark on an opposition figure planning to accept the position of running mate ahead of presidential primaries.
Keyamo posted on X: “Finally, the chicken is coming home to roost: I understand that someone, somewhere has drafted and redrafted the statement he will release to hoodwink his ‘supporters’ on why he has accepted to be Vice-Presidential candidate after a primaries that he knows has long been concluded.
“He has written and torn drafts upon drafts, containing the normal gibberish of ‘my desire to rescue Nigeria’, bla, bla bla. It’s a tough one for him, but we are excited at the prospect of unmasking a true turncoat and a fraud at the coming campaigns. (See the comments after this tweet to identify those whose raw nerves have been seriously affected).”
Reacting, Shaibu said when argument fails, ridicule becomes the refuge of the intellectually bankrupt.
Posting on X, Shaibu wrote: “This obsession with @PeterObi and @atiku is telling. A government and its chorus boys that are confident in performance do not stalk opposition figures, speculate about drafts, or salivate over imagined humiliation.
“They govern. What we see here is fear …raw, unfiltered fear being expressed through mockery.
“You may laugh today, but history does not archive tweets, it records consequences. And when the reckoning comes, no amount of pre-written mockery will shield those who mistook power for permanence.
“Nigeria’s problems are too grave for this childish gloating. But then again, unserious governance always attracts unserious defenders. Bookmark that.”
‘You’re obsessed with Atiku, Peter Obi” – Phrank Shaibu knocks Keyamo
