Politics

Dogara, Keyamo trade words over Buhari’s endorsement of Tinubu

The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has been engaged in a war of words with the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, over President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the party’s campaign rally in Nasarawa State.

The Star recalls that President Buhari, at the APC rally on Saturday, declared that Tinubu will be the next president of Nigeria.

Reacting to a tweet shared by the President on his verified Twitter account, Dogara described Buhari’s endorsement of the APC presidential flag-bearer as “a satire”.

“I know that President Muhammadu Buhari loves to crack jokes but I didn’t know he will escalate it to the level of satire. Asiwaju will give his best to Nigeria, really? Fake certificates, fake parentage, golden triangle escapades, racketeering. No President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria does not deserve his best but we get the satire,” the former House of Reps Speaker, who recently dumped the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said.

However, Keyamo, in his reaction via a tweet on Sunday, described Dogara as a “political prostitute, wanderer, and back-stabber”.

Keyamo, who is the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, stated: “My brother and law school mate, Yakubu Dogara, this tweet is beneath you. You are actually pained by the support of President Muhammadu Buhari for Bola Tinubu, two leaders who have stayed true to their beliefs and causes, unlike the political prostitute, wanderer, and back-stabber that you’ve always been.”

In a swift reaction, the former Speaker said they are not mates in politics, adding that Keyamo needs to win a councillorship election first so they could be mates in politics.

“In spite of what we now know and what you have said before about your candidate, we haven’t rushed to the courts, yet you feel so entitled to call us names! My good friend, the law I studied was to save me from the morass of propaganda by gaslighters-in-chief and their ilks.

“My brother, I have a name for you but because it’s not a good one, I won’t say it as a cost of friendship. Yes, we were mates at Law School but I am waiting for you to win a councillorship election first so we can be mates in politics. Learn to punch below your weight category,” Dogara tweeted.

The Star