The spokesperson of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign, Festus Keyamo, has denied paying a “penny” to
Nigerian entertainer, Charly Boy, for a political-motivated music video, adding
another twist to the controversy trailing the singer and his ‘OurMumuDonDo’
group.
“I’ve been having some good
laugh. Whoever thinks that I would pay a penny for a song by @Areafada1 that
disses both the APC and PDP must have his/her head examined”, Mr Keyamo twitted
Friday on his official handle @Fkeyamo.
This is coming barely hours after Charly boy,
publicly stated that he received at least N100 million from the Buhari campaign
as payment for a politically-charged music video.
In the Music video uploaded on
YouTube January 25, 67-year-old Charly Boy was critical, especially of Atiku
Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“I do not care. But if you want
to use my work, you pay for it,” Charly Boy recalled telling Mr Keyamo in an
interview with online-based Roots TV that was widely shared on social media on
Friday. “Of course, he paid for it. And they paid heavy.”
Charly Boy said Mr Keyamo, a
senior lawyer, actually visited him to discuss the arrest of Deji Adeyanju, a
senior member of ‘OurMumuDonDo’ who was spending weeks in a Kano prison for
alleged murder, only to then hear a “new song that I was working on…where I was
dissing Atiku.”
Mr Keyamo told PREMIUM TIMES on
Thursday he met with Charly Boy but said everything that transpired between
them was private and in furtherance of their relationship of over 25 years.
Charly Boy and the ‘OurMumuDonDo’
Conundrum
Mr Adeyanju who was released from
prison on March 1, after spending 78 days behind bars on a murder claim has now
severed ties with his old ally – Charly Boy.
Mr Adeyanju had worked closely
with Charly Boy to propel ‘Concerned Nigerians’ and ‘OurMumuDonDo’ as some of
the most visible community organising entities around the Nigerian capital.
Both groups shot into the limelight in 2017, after President Buhari’s extended
medical vacation in England became a trending cause for national concern.
Mr Adeyanju renounced membership
of ‘OurMumuDonDo’ on March 13, alleging gross misconduct, including a breach of
trust, against Charly Boy.
A day before the 67-year-old
admitted receiving the financial support, Mr Adeyanju released an audio
recording in which Charly Boy was heard seemingly admitting to having received
money from Mr Keyamo.
The self-acclaimed ‘Area fada’
has faced a backlash from most members of the movement especially for alleged
collusion with the Nigerian government, the same government believed to be
responsible for Mr Adeyanju’s ordeal. They are now moving to ease him out as
chairman of the group.
Charly Boy has, however,
maintained no wrongdoing in the controversy, and threatened to release details
that would indict Mr Adeyanju.
In his Friday tweet, Mr Keyamo
said the claim that he gave financial support to the sexagenarian for the said
music video was only a ploy to drag him into the controversy.
“If the quarreling parties want
to hurt their egos by bandying phantom figures, they should leave me out of
it,” he noted.
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Keyamo and the govt has achieve their aim. Imagine effect from the protest of the group on the recent election. But Keyamo is shameless, to even deny what is clear to the blind and deaf.
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