Festus Keyamo who is the Minister of State for Labour, has blasted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar while revealing that he was one of the first Nigerians to abandon the June 12 struggle for selfish reasons.
Keyamo had also revealed that Atiku and some of the other presidential candidates running for the 2023 presidency had nothing to do with the June 12 election which they now enjoy the results of.
In a series of tweets, the minister said only the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu played an important role in the June 12 struggle.
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According to Keyamo: “No Presidential candidate today had anything to do with the June 12 struggle (which is the foundation of democracy we are enjoying today) except BAT & (to be honest) Sowore as a student leader, but BAT was more pivotal from exile. Atiku was one of the first to abandon June 12.”
He accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of benefitting from the June 12 struggle in 1999, after he initially opposed it.
Keyamo pointed out that Tinubu’s victory in 2023 would correct the alleged error of picking Obasanjo in 1999.
“After the June 12 struggle, ‘strangers’ emerged from nowhere and hijacked the democratic train at the center; OBJ who opposed June 12 became the greatest beneficiary of the struggle. The election of BAT in 2023, a true hero of June 12, will largely address this anomaly of 1999,” he added.
Festus Keyamo has also revealed that no amount of terrorist attacks in Nigeria will ever make the Buhari-led administration to bow to some terrorist elements who have been threatening the country’s freedom and happiness.
Keyamo had also expressed his full confidence that all the issues of insecurity will be sorted out in Nigeria soonest. He had also urged Nigerians to be resolute to overcome forces of evil despite terrorist attacks threatening security in the country.
Keyamo via his Twitter page wrote: “We must remain resolute and determined to overcome these forces of evil in our country.
“No amount of terrorist attacks will make us bow to these elements who wish to take away our freedoms and happiness. I am confident they will ALL be routed eventually!