Festus Keyamo, SAN, has said that the Leaders of the Ohanaeze
Ndi Igbo, Northern Elders Forum, Pan-Niger Delta forum, the Middle
Belt Forum, and a faction of Afenifere that recently endorsed Atiku
Abubakar, are persons who the masses do not listen to anymore.
The official spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign, made
this statement while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s
Sunday Politics.
Keyamo said, “There is nothing that is as fraudulent as known
PDP members and sympathizers putting on the apparel of
social-political groups and endorsing their own political
parties”.
He further noted that “President Buhari is an unusual leader, he
has managed to navigate his way through these middlemen and he has
reached the people directly in this country”.
The Senior Advocate went on to challenge the socio-political
groups to a popularity contest in states where President Muhammadu
Buhari is yet to hold his presidential campaign.
He said, “I want to challenge the so-called groups now, we are
still on our campaign rally, let them call a rally the same day we
arrive their region, I am challenging them openly, I am challenging
the faction of Afenifere, we have not gone to Lagos, we have not
gone to Ekiti, the day we are arriving Lagos, I am challenging
Afenifere to call a rally of Yoruba people at another venue in
Lagos and let us see the turn out”.
The challenge was also thrown to the other socio-political
groups including the Middle Belt Forum.
“I am challenging the middle belt forum, we have not gone to
Benue, we have not gone to other places; to know how connected you
are with your people, I challenge you to call a rally the same day
we are arriving the middle belt and let us see the turn out at your
rally and our rally” Keyamo challenged.
The lawyer argued that the leader of these regions, do not have
the ears of the people again.
He said, “The people don’t listen to them again, these are
people who have over time represented their own interest and of
course they are in tune with the philosophy of Atiku Abubakar who
says that he will enrich his own friends. So like bees are
attracted to honey, these people are attracted to Atiku Abubakar
who wants to enrich his friends”.
Keyamo opined that the endorsement of Atiku Abubakar by the
Leaders of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Northern Elders Forum, Pan-Niger
Delta forum, the Middle Belt Forum, and a faction of Afenifere, is
inconsequential.
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