Keyamo Reveals 6 Reasons Why US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Called Tinubu, Jabs Atiku, Obi
Festus Keyamo, the minister of state for labour and employment and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has highlighted some of the reasons Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, called Bola Tinubu on the phone on Wednesday, May 17.
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Keyamo made the revelation while reacting to the comments by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) concerning the call the US official placed to the president-elect.
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In his response, the minister highlighted six reasons Blinken called Bola Tinubu the president-elect.
The highlights are listed below:
The US Knows Atiku and Peter Obi are behaving like Donald Trump
The minister claimed that the government of the United States is aware of the actions of Atiku and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, behaving like Donald Trump.
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Recall that Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election in the US, but he never conceded defeat and has consistently claimed that he won the election.
All leading political parties manipulate election results
Keyamo also claimed that the United States knows that all leading political parties are involved in electoral malpractice and that those intolerable incidents did not affect the overall election results.
According to the minister, the votes recorded for Peter Obi in Anambra state are higher than those registered on the iREV portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the international community is aware of it.
The US knows Atiku and Obi cannot win because of the PDP crisis
The senior advocate also added that the United States is aware of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that they know that the crisis would not allow Obi and Atiku to win the poll.
He said they are aware that the PDP's votes were split into three and the revolt of five governors in the leading opposition party who worked against the party during the election.
US sanction is not a condemnation of the election
The minister maintained that Joe Biden's administration had properly sanctioned those allegedly involved in electoral fraud.
However, the minister said the move was not to condemn the election and its results as against the assumption of the opposition parties.
US officials visited Shettima earlier
Keyamo recalled that before the call was put through to the president-elect, the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the U.S Embassy in Nigeria, Mr David Greene, visited the Vice-President-Elect Senator Kashim Shettima.
Thus, Greene's visit and Blinken's call emphasised the US's cooperation and support for the incoming administration.
The world moves on while Atiku and Obi are standing still
In his note, the minister stated that former vice president Atiku and former governor Obi have refused to move on with the world.
Telling the duo that "these are people and institutions that cannot be overwhelmed by your mob on social media", citing how they handled "Trump and his tantrums".
See Keyamo's tweet below:
"U.S.-Nigeria partnership is built on shared interests": US secretary to Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that the United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, had phoned Bola Tinubu, president-elect, ahead of his May 29 inauguration.
Blinken, in a telephone call, disclosed that the U.S.-Nigeria relationship was built on shared interests that should be protected and strengthened under the Tinubu administration.
The Secretary also urged Tinubu to build an inclusive leadership that will reflect the interest of all Nigerians.
Source: Legit.ng
