Former federal lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye has lambasted the
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, over his recent
outburst against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar.
Recall that Keyamo, who appeared on Channels TV on Friday,
attacked the former Vice President, condemning his presidential ambition.
The Minister said in the interview that Atiku has nothing to
offer the country, stating that the PDP candidate lacks capacity to rule
Nigeria as a president.
According to Keyamo, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is far better than Atiku in terms of capacity and experience.
Reacting, Dino who was angered by Keyamo’s assertions, said
the Minister lacks the moral bearings to attack Atiku.
Dino, a former PDP governorship aspirant in Kogi State and
currently the spokesperson for Atiku’s 2023 presidential campaign, countered
Keyamo, saying anyone who has served as Vice President is fit for the number
one position.
In a video published on his social media handles, Dino
challenged the minister to a debate where he vowed to breaking him (Keyamo)
into pieces.
He said, “Ask Nigerians today, what portfolio is Keyamo
holding? Many will tell you that they don’t even know the ministry he is
working in because he is redundant, inactive, and not visible.
“Because he is not known as Minister, he is mistaking his
officer as a Minister of State for the office of the Vice President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. No Nigerian who is educated, and intellectually
okay will abuse the office of the Vice President of Nigeria.
“What Keyamo attacked is not Atiku Abubakar but the office
of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the number two office
in this country.
“Because he has monetized his conscience, that is why he
will not understand that the office of Nigerian VP has some ministries,
agencies under its direct supervision and oversight.
“That is why he will not know that in the absence of the
president, the vice president is the acting president with executive power
anytime the president is out of the country. So what he has done is that he has
abused the office of Nigerian VP even as a lawyer who should understand the
constitutionality of that office.
“Anyone who has been a VP is fit to be a president. Can
Keyamo also say that Atiku has not succeeded internationally as a businessman?
“Just because you are acting under ‘sekpe’ or under the
influence of marijuana, you just smoke your ganja and you think you can just
open your mouth and talk? Because you are defending someone who takes drugs
more than food today?
“You are talking rubbish and I am going to challenge you to
a debate. Nigerians know who you are, they know that you are a commercialized
character, a failed politician.
“I challenge you to a debate and when we sit down, I will
break you into pieces”.
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