Minister of State, Labour and Employment and Director, Public Affairs and Spokespersons, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has debunked the claims of the Labour Party (LP) that he insulted Nigerians by listing conditions the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi must fulfill before being considered for a debate with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Rather in a statement made available to DAILY INDEPENDENT on Wednesday, Keyamo outlined ten major reasons why the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) strongly believes that it is Obi and his party that are insulting the sensibilities of Nigerians and taking them as fools.


The full statement reads "It is Peter Obi and Labour Party that are insulting Nigerians and taking them to be fools for the following reasons:

1. Labour Party and Peter Obi wants Nigerians to rely on what is inside the brain of Peter Obi and what he says only by words of mouth instead of producing a manifesto for scrutiny. That is an insult to millions of Nigerians.

2. Peter Obi and Labour Party are disguising as ‘new breeds’, whereas just a few months ago Peter Obi was in the same PDP that enthroned one of the worst period of corruption and profligacy in our country and which party they now insult on a daily basis; for the records Peter Obi did not leave PDP out of principles; he left out of personal frustration when he was muzzled out. That is why he has been likened to a mentally challenged person who is just moved to a new facility and promptly declared to be fit without rehabilitation. That is an insult to millions of Nigerians;

3. Peter Obi believes in subsidy removal whereas Labour Party opposes subsidy removal in its entirety, yet they tell Nigerians they are working together. That is an insult to millions of Nigerians;

4. Peter Obi has refused to openly condemn the perpetrators of the carnage in the South East and call them out, but condemns similar incidents in other parts of the country, yet pretentiously disguises as a nationalist. That is an insult to millions of Nigerians;

5. Peter Obi is just moving from Church to Church, whipping up religious sentiments and campaigning on that basis, yet pretentiously disguises as a pan-Nigerian candidate; that is an insult to millions of Nigerians;

6. Peter Obi and Labour Party wants to deceive Nigerians that the quality of leadership is akin to the competition in a debating and dramatic society in school, whereas he goes about lying carelessly and quoting inaccurate and unchecked statistics and data in the name of promoting debate; and whereas we all know that some of the best debaters in school fail their exams and some of the most quiet ones in class excel in their exams; they want to deceive Nigerians by smooth-talking, whereas some of the smooth-talkers in history were the greatest con men! They deliberately suppress the attribute of track record in public office which Obi does not have in comparison with ASIWAJU. That is an insult to millions of Nigerians;

7. Peter Obi and Labour Party constantly play God by trying to compare Obi’s supposed fitness to that of ASIWAJU as if they are God. Whereas some of the supposed fittest persons sometimes slump and die (God forbid that happens) and some who people think are not fit enough continue to function till nearly 100 years old. Example was the major opposition candidate in those days in Zimbabwe, the younger and supposedly fitter Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who campaigned on the basis that he was fitter than the then President, Robert Mugabe. Yet, Tsvangirai died suddenly one day in his sixties of Colorectal cancer and Mugabe outlived him and continued as President for many more years into his nineties. So, Peter Obi and his supporters are playing God and that is an insult to Millions of Nigerians;

8. It is also an insult to millions of Nigerians for Peter Obi and the Labour Party to attempt to trash all the achievements and ASIWAJU and even his efforts at restoring our democracy from Military rule (a democracy they are enjoying today) whereas their candidate has no such credentials. We shall not allow them do that so long as we have the breath of life inside us

9. Peter Obi and his supporters constantly insult all Nigerians each day who are not aligned with them. This is acknowledged throughout the country. They pretend they are angry youths (forgetting that Peter Obi was an active part of that past they are angry about). In actual fact, if you really calmly take the census, ninety-five percent of the so-called ‘angry’ persons are of either of one ethnicity or one religion, thereby promoting division in this country.

We all remember the infamous incident of Peter Obi reading a Whatsapp message from his phone promoting ethnic divides, yet he has not apologised to Nigerians till date. This is an insult to millions of Nigerians; unlike the APC members and ASIWAJU who cut across all tribes, religion, regions and tongues in large and almost equal numbers

10. Peter Obi has not given any tenable and sensible explanation to the scandal regarding the Pandora Papers and how he owned companies in tax havens and reportedly didn’t declare all his assets before he was sworn in as Governor in Anambra State; similarly, how he invested Anambra State monies in his family business, yet goes about campaigning as a saint. That is an insult to Millions of Nigerians".

https://independent.ng/keyamo-lists-10-reasons-why-peter-obi-lp-are-insulting-sensibility-of-nigerians/

He. Should not worship his God anymore to satisfy your Muslim/Muslim position.

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How e take concern you mr senior advocate of nonsense? Leave obi and talk about other candidate like Atiku, Kwakwaso and sowore.

No be only peter obi dey contest.

Why is tolerance difficult for APC?

Keyamo the educated illiterate. Busy body

Senior Advocate of Nuisance

We actually understand his gimmicks.

However, history has never favoured those who because of Politics rode on religious horse, they failed. Obi will fail and his supporters will continue to gnash teeth forever

zeuss:
He. Should not worship his God anymore to satisfy your Muslim/Muslim position.

The thing dey pain dem so badly when e be say na dem fvck up with the Muslim Muslim ticket. The kind of protest votes Obi will get from Christians is giving APC high BP. They can't hide the frustration anymore ;
Thiefnubuu insulted all Christians in Nigeria and 3rd place is his destination. They can call it any name. Thiefnubuu showed he is a bigot with such idiotic move and Christians will reply him at the right time.

Thiefnubuu Atiku and Kwankwaso can share the 75% of Muslim votes while Peter Obi goes home with 70% of Christian votes and 25% of muslim votes

This one is suffering from mental illness. Senior agbadorian

Thîefnubu moving from mosque to mosque with cocaine right in his pocket.

As e dey pain you (Keyamo), e dey sweet us (sane and responsible Nigerians).

Emilokan knows that he is not acceptable in the North not even in the south neither is he among the Muslims, that's why he brought a core Muslim with questionable ideologies as his running mate. Is that not also a religious sentiment? Senior advocate of nonsense.

Senior advocate of stupidity and nonsense.

Hahahahaha

Obi did the same thing when he was a governor in Anambra. He divided Christians as a governor

Anyway, Nnamdi Kanu campaigned for One Nigeria when PDP was in power. PDP lost and he became a freedom fighter

Obi is on the ballot now we no hear say Nigeria na zoo and fulani na cow again

After the election, Nigeria will become a zoo while the fulanis will become cow back


What a life

Mad man!

Obi will keep going to Church until you Tinubu BATstards hang yourselves.

Ndi ala!

It seems intellectually sound people suddenly turns morons when they join Apc.
How on earth would this man compare GEJ's administration to this famine and back Ward, disgraceful cursed administration of Buhari?

You mean like this one's ?

The druggie should move from one mosque to another to whip up religious sentiments or is anyone stopping him?

Festus Keyamo has probably forgotten how APC supporters practically bullied Jonathan out of office. Imagine what these people did to an incumbent president.

There's no sound coming out of Apc. What you hear is noise, and do you know, when ppl make noise they exchange ignorance through arguments

Tinubu moving from militant to Herdsmen wiping up terroristic sentiment.

Agbado that did MM ticket is comparing himself to one that did balanced ticket.

You don't want debate
You don't want interview
You don't want competition
All you want is agberos saluting the man with no past.

He

Still better than a same-faith ticket

TheNiceGuy:
We actually understand his gimmicks.

However, history has never favoured those who because of Politics rode on religious horse, they failed. Obi will fail and his supporters will continue to gnash teeth forever