Tag: Festus Keyamo

Leaked Phone Call: “Obi’s dream of becoming President has died naturally” – Keyamo

Aminu Imam

Spokesman for All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has mocked the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying his ambition to become Nigeria’s president has just hit the rock. A leaked phone call between the former Anambra State Governor and Bishop David Oyedepo, of the Living Faith Church, has elicited barrage of criticism from Nigerians, who slammed Obi for playing dangerous politics of religion in the country. Keyamo, who reacted to Obi’s leaked phone call with Oyedepo in a statement on Sunday, chided Christian leaders in the…

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Incitement: Keyamo petitions DSS, demands Peter Obi’s arrest

Aminu Imam

A  spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the Department of State Services, (DSS) asking the secret police to arrest the candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, in the just-concluded presidential election. Keyamo, currently Minister of State for Labour and Employment, asked DSS to arrest and prosecute Obi and his running mate, Datti-Ahmed over alleged “incitement and treasonable felony.” In the petition addressed to the Director General, Department of State Services, (DSS), and dated March 23, the minister opined that in…

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2023: ‘PDP, LP, ADC’s request for INEC Chairman to step down is illegal’ — Keyamo

Aminu Imam

Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), Festus Keyamo, has urged Nigerians and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disregard the call by the coalition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party, and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the cancellation of the collation of the presidential election results. His plea, which is the collective decision of the APC-PCC, was made at their counter-world press conference, which took place in Abuja, yesterday. In attendance were the Special Adviser, Media, Communications, Dele Alake, and Public…

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2023: “You’re a ‘political prostitute”, Keyamo blasts Dogara

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The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has described the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as a ‘political prostitute’. Keyamo made the statement on Sunday in a post via his verified Twitter handle. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, keyamo, was reacting to a post earlier made by Dogara on his Twitter handle. Dogara had referred to President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at a campaign in Nasarawa State as a satire. However,…

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2023: Keyamo rejects poll projecting Obi as leading candidate

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..Says it’s deliberately skewed Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has rejected the outcome of the pre-election opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation, a non-profit organisation. The poll result, which was released on Wednesday, projected Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) as the leading presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 elections. The result of the poll, conducted in December, showed that 23 percent of respondents expressed their interest to vote for Obi if the election was held at the time, while Bola Tinubu…

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“Buhari won’t make 2023 presidential election a do-or-die affair like Obasanjo” – APC PCC Spokesman, Keyamo

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President Muhammadu Buhari will not make the 2023 presidential election a do-or-die affair like former President Olusegun Obasanjo did in 2007, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said. Obasanjo, who nominated the Late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as his successor had said the 2007 elections would be a do or die affair for Nigeria and his then party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that he would give it all it takes to ensure his party’s victory in the elections. Speaking with newsmen on allegations that President Buhari…

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2023: “Buhari didn’t call for removal of Keyamo as APC campaign spokesperson” – Presidency

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The presidency has refuted reports that President Muhammadu Buhari called for the removal of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, as the spokesperson for the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign council. An online newspaper yesterday published a story titled: “Buhari calls for Keyamo’s removal as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson over constant de-marketing of administration”. Reacting to the report, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu in a tweet on his official Twitter page described the report as fake news. His words: “The news that…

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2023: ‘Buhari directed exclusion of Osinbajo, SGF from APC presidential campaign council’ – Keyamo

Aminu Imam

The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says President Muhammadu Buhari ordered for the exclusion of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, from the council. According to Keyamo, President Buhari “specifically directed that the Vice-President and the SGF should be left out of the campaign council in order to concentrate on the governance of the country and administration of government”. The exclusion of Osinbajo and Mustapha, both Christians, had raised concerns in some quarters that…

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“Place Peter Obi, supporters under security watch”, Keyamo urges security agencies 

Aminu Imam

The Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has called for Mr Peter Obi the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, to be place under security watch. Keyamo made the call for Obi and some his supporters to be under security watch as a reaction to a trending incendiary video with a fake message by one of his supporters called Powell Glad Legbe (on his Facebook page) calling on Yorubas not to vote for Peter Obi. According…

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2023: Onanuga, Alake, Keyamo to head media directorate of APC presidential campaign

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A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), Bayo Onanuga, along with a former Commissioner of Information in Lagos State, Dele Alake, and the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, are to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. While Onanuga was appointed Director of Media and Publicity, Alake was announced as Director of Strategic Communication. The former Lagos State commissioner held this same position when President Muhammadu Buhari sought re-election in 2019. In an issued statement yesterday, Onanuga said Festus Keyamo, who…

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