The Presidency has said there was no plan to remove Mr Festus Keyamo as the spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign over some controversial comments.
It said said President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are pleased with Mr Keyamo as the campaign spox.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on his Twitter handle.
He said, “Both President Buhari and the Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are happy with the job Keyamo doing, and with the general setup of the impending campaign, which has already become an example for other parties,” the presidential spokesman tweeted.
Mr Keyamo, during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said Nigerians are not bothered about the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.
He said the masses were interested in how the ruling party plans to tackle hunger.
After the controversial comments, there were reports that Buhari was displeased with the minister which was considered as de-marketing the present administration.
Mr Shehu, however, refuted the report that the Federal Government was withdrawing Mr Keyamo as the APC campaign spox.
He said there are no plans to remove Keyamo as spox of the APC presidential campaign.
“The news that President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the removal of Festus Keyamo, SAN, as a spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council is fake news.
“We [are] aware that conspiracy theories are being hatched with a ripple effect to defame our party leaders and hold back the campaign. Supporters of our candidates should not pay attention to “news” from these fountains of false narratives.”
