Ahead of the 2023 general election, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, and Minister of State for Labour. Mr Festus Keyamo engaged in a twitter feud during the weekend.
Dogara had criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for restating his support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid and this had given birth to reactions.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned Keyamo, who is one of the spokesmen for the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, had in a tweet on Sunday morning referred to Dogara as a ‘political prostitute, a wanderer and a back-stabber’.
‘My brother and law schoolmate, @YakubDogara, this tweet is beneath you. You are actually pained by the support of PMB for @officialABAT, two leaders who have stayed true to their beliefs and causes, unlike the political prostitute, wanderer & back-stabber that you’ve always been’ Keyamo wrote.
Dogara had in tweeting to reply the minister said, ‘My brother, I have a name for you but because it’s not a good one, I won’t say it as a cost of friendship. Yes, we were mates at Law School but I am waiting for you to win a councillorship election first so we can be mates in politics. Learn to punch below your weight category’ he wrote.
Not daunted, Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), told the former Speaker to respect his senior at the bar in a fresh tweet.
‘My brother, it is sad you think everyone must be rated by elections won and lost. You’ve just insulted millions of Nigerians in their various fields of endeavour. Let me remind you that I’ve reached the height of our profession & you must learn to respect your senior at the bar! he wrote-Team@orientactualmags.com
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