•Report by Kamil Opeyemi
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has said that though Festus Keyamo might be his law school mate but he is a senior to him when it comes to political Hierarchy in the country.
Dogara who had earlier responded to a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari who said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling party is the next president of Nigeria.
Buhari added that, Tinubu would give his best to the country if elected president in Feb 25th presidential election.
The former speaker had said Buhari’s endorsement of Tinubu was a joke taken too far.
In his reaction to Dogara’s comment via his Twitter handle, Keyamo described Dogara as a “political prostitute” and “backstabber”
“My brother and law school mate, Dogara, this tweet is beneath you. You are actually pained by the support of PMB for Tinubu, two leaders who have stayed true to their beliefs and causes, unlike the political prostitute, wanderer & back-stabber that you’ve always been,”Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council and a minister had tweeted
In response, Dogara said though they were mates in law school, they are not mates in politics.
The former speaker asked Keyamo to win a councilorship election first so they could be mates in politics.
“In spite of what we now know and what you have said before about your candidate, we haven’t rushed to the Courts, yet you feel so entitled to call us names! My good friend, the law I studied was to save me from the morass of propaganda by gaslighters-in-chief and their ilks.
“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 councilorship election first so we can be mates in politics.
“Learn to punch below your weight category,”Dogara responded