Festus Keyamo 'Assaulted' in Awka for 'Selling Out' to Buhari | CNR
Following his appointment as spokesperson of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign, lawyer Festus Keyamo was reportedly verbally assault outside a court premises in Awka, Anambra state over his new appointment.
Report says the incident took place Friday at the premises of the Anambra State Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State.
Confirming the incident to Premium Times, a civic group, Conscience Nigeria (CN) said some individuals allegedly accused Mr. Keyamo of selling out by accepting to work in the re-election bid of President Mohammadu Buhari, as its official spokesperson.
The group however, advised Mr. Keyamo to ignore his attackers.
The group however, advised Mr. Keyamo to ignore his attackers.
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But Mr Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, while narrating his own account of the incident to Premium Times on Sunday denied he was attacked but explained that a 'known PDP thug' committed the act.
He said he could not have been assaulted because the people are in support of the Buhari government.
“First of all, the report was wrong; nobody attacked me. There was no such thing. I went to do my normal legal work in Awka; I went to defend some persons in Awka.”
But Mr Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, while narrating his own account of the incident to Premium Times on Sunday denied he was attacked but explained that a 'known PDP thug' committed the act.
He said he could not have been assaulted because the people are in support of the Buhari government.
“First of all, the report was wrong; nobody attacked me. There was no such thing. I went to do my normal legal work in Awka; I went to defend some persons in Awka.”
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“When I was coming out of court, there were large number of people and they were all congratulating me and were very happy with me. Then one known PDP thug in that area who is not a businessman, a known PDP thug, was at a distance. He was just shouting that they will not vote for Buhari, they will not vote for Buhari. And some of the members of the crowd said ‘Vote for your own choice now’.
“It was as simple as that. That was what happened and then I entered my vehicle and left. There was no such thing at all.”
Mr Keyamo said the crowd would have lynched the “PDP thug” if he had physically attacked him because they were in support of Mr Buhari’s re-election campaign.
He said, “I had kept quiet all the while, I didn’t respond. There was no attack. Attack me? How? The crowd would have lynched him if he attacked me. There was a large crowd there who was also very happy with us, saying they will vote for the president. So he (“PDP thug”) was just a lone voice".
“When I was coming out of court, there were large number of people and they were all congratulating me and were very happy with me. Then one known PDP thug in that area who is not a businessman, a known PDP thug, was at a distance. He was just shouting that they will not vote for Buhari, they will not vote for Buhari. And some of the members of the crowd said ‘Vote for your own choice now’.
“It was as simple as that. That was what happened and then I entered my vehicle and left. There was no such thing at all.”
Mr Keyamo said the crowd would have lynched the “PDP thug” if he had physically attacked him because they were in support of Mr Buhari’s re-election campaign.
He said, “I had kept quiet all the while, I didn’t respond. There was no attack. Attack me? How? The crowd would have lynched him if he attacked me. There was a large crowd there who was also very happy with us, saying they will vote for the president. So he (“PDP thug”) was just a lone voice".
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The spokesperson of the the President Mohammadu Buhari Campaign Organization also explained that he is standing on the side of the Nigerian people who voted the present government by supporting the government.
“This president defeated an incumbent. This president was popularly elected by 15 million Nigerians. It was a popularly elected government, not a military government,” he said.
“Anybody who is supporting this government like us is taking side with the majority of Nigerians at least until the next elections before we know whether those 15 million people have vanished or not. Anybody who is supporting the government now is taking side with Nigerians who elected him.”
Mr Keyamo was recently appointed as the Director, Strategic Communications for Mr Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign.
The spokesperson of the the President Mohammadu Buhari Campaign Organization also explained that he is standing on the side of the Nigerian people who voted the present government by supporting the government.
“This president defeated an incumbent. This president was popularly elected by 15 million Nigerians. It was a popularly elected government, not a military government,” he said.
“Anybody who is supporting this government like us is taking side with the majority of Nigerians at least until the next elections before we know whether those 15 million people have vanished or not. Anybody who is supporting the government now is taking side with Nigerians who elected him.”
Mr Keyamo was recently appointed as the Director, Strategic Communications for Mr Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign.
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