Keyamo speaks on alleged call by Buhari for removal as Tinubu campaign spokesman

Festus Keyamo has reacted to reports that President . Muhammadu Buhari has called for his removal as the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC)/Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council.

Keyamo, who is also the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, described the report as a “very funny fake news”.

Reports on Monday had claimed that Buhari and members of the cabal accused Keyamo of always de-marketing the current administration despite being a serving minister.

“Buhari has asked for the removal of Festus Keyamo as the party’s campaign spokesperson. The President accused him of always de-marketing his regime, describing the government in which he is a minister as a failed regime. He has been described as a loose cannon who is daily demarketing his regime as a failed regime. The cabal members are not happy,” the report quoted a source from the Presidency to have said.

But responding in a tweet on his verified Twitter account, Keyamo said, “Very funny fake news. When people feel uncomfortable with your uncompromising defence of your mandate, they promote such fake news to achieve a purpose.

“The opposition think they can plant stories to destabilise our ranks. This is the height of the panic mode they find themselves in.”