Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who was disqualified by APC from Oyo Governorship primaries, has stated that he won't be resigning any time soon.

According to Adebayo Shittu in an interview with Everest Amaefule, resigning will mean handing his defamers a smile which they never earned. Here are excerpts from the interview;

Looking at recent events, you took your party to court; it appears you are planning to defect. Are you planning to defect?

No, I will not defect. I have a divine bond with Mr. President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Even as a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress, there has been enough provocation for me to defect but my bond, I believe, is made in heaven with my leader and mentor – the person I am trying to imitate in terms of his incorruptibility, patriotism, and commitment to getting things done properly and in terms of respect for the rule of law. I will not defect. Even though other political parties have offered me carrots, inviting me to come and be their party’s candidate, I remain steadfast in the APC.

I believe that wherever injustice surfaces, it is part of our binding duty to fight it to a halt. You will recall that on few occasions when Mr. President did not get justice from the political field, he went to court even if he didn’t still get justice from the court at that time. He remained steadfast and at the end of the day, he got justice from the public who eventually voted for him in 2015 in such a way that left no person in doubt as to his victory.

If you are saying that the law does not require you to present NYSC certificate in order to contest an election, the law requires that you have it before you hold an office. So, if you are going to contest, is it not normal to assume that you shold hold one?

Holding an office is different from civil service office. With regards to political offices, you don’t have to have it. That is one. This is a matter that the court had already decided on in 1979 when I won election into the House of Assembly. My opponent at that time went to court to challenge my election and the court decided that I needed not to have an NYSC certificate of whatever colouration. And in any case, even if the court had not decided; it is the same provision of the law that guided participation in election in 1979 that still exists in the current constitution. Of course, these issues have to be submitted to the court. So, I don’t need to address them now at this stage. We will meet in court. We will find out where they got their own law from.

A lot people are also expecting that you should follow in the footsteps of your former colleague in the cabinet, Kemi Adeosun, instead of heaping a moral burden on the government.

Is my case the same as that of Kemi Adeosun? It is completely different. Kemi Adeosun, unfortunately, had someone procure for her a forged NYSC exemption certificate, which she didn’t need anyway. She didn’t need it. I have not presented any forged certificate. It is like light and darkness; you don’t compare the two.

So with these controversies, you don’t think you should resign and not burden the party.

There is no controversy. My traducers: I will not make them happy. I will not put smile on their faces. They will continue to lament and lament and lament and look at me climb up politically. So, as long as I am concerned, I don’t know where they got their story from; that the President was expecting me to resign. Resign for what? Did I commit a crime? I plead not guilty to such charge from any quarters.

https://lailasnews.com/adebayo-shittu-im-not-ready-to-allow-my-defamers-smile-by-resigning/

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Defamers!? One of the problems we African have, especially Naija.

Not wanting to Bow out when thier dealing is questionable. Why! You think you're disgraced for taking a wise move not to further be humiliated.

Bet it'll be better than finally getting fired, and you'll be done for!

Shit shittu

Your crime is that you are not qualified to be a minister. You are only being shielded by the man who claimed to be upright and have integrity but accommodates corrupt individuals.

How do things like this happen ? What sort of nation is this ...

Talk about impunity and APC will serve it to you raw.

Please don't resign.

Only cowards resign.
Forget Nigerians they will only rant on social media and dobalé in real life.

Besides you have the President on your side.
This is Nigeria.
This is Nigeria
Where evil thrives unabated.

Your detractors are just jealous of your beards and the estacode you receive.

Then you're not ashamed

Baba it’s not too late, Goan serve.

For China dem for Don do the needful

Instead make dullard issue death sentence, him dey talk executive order 6

Mtcheww

As usual some illusionist will tell you his speech was photo shopped or doctored.

Pukes.

Defamers indeed

Buhari took 6 months to get this man. Can we compare this man to omobola Johnson with brains smh

No shame at all.

Na waoo

engrfcuksmtin:
Your crime is that you are not qualified to be a minister. You are only being shielded by the man who claimed to be upright and have integrity but accommodates corrupt individuals.

Just imagine the stupid audacity of the leaders Nigeria have And this is a man the president took 6months to appoint as a minister of this country

ok

FlirtyKaren:
Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who was disqualified by APC from Oyo Governorship primaries, has stated that he won't be resigning any time soon.

According to Adebayo Shittu in an interview with Everest Amaefule, resigning will mean handing his defamers a smile which they never earned. ...

Africans and defamers sef

The usual suspects

It seems defamers and "enemies" thrive only in this part of the Earth...

That's why I am angry with Kemi Adeosun for that singleler act of resigned, she just gave people behind the ordeal that they've won.

Look at what happened to her after the resignation, lots of her haters become saint in this my country, especially opposition party & opposition tribe .

She should have just developed a thick skin, by now Nigeria will have forget about everything, this is Nigerian no one is a saint

Resign or not, daura must go

Amazing. Afterall who is the presidency

Buhari till 2023 and if the south east play it's card well, they may have a shot at it and if not, south west will do the needful.

In a sane clime, you would have been fired. Useless round peg in a square hole.

Power hungry man.. Defamers ko, asif you attended nysc.. Bunch of sycophants

They is no way you can make money through cutting-way or short- way because the law of karma and nememises are their to judge you that is why you should resign honourable like former minister of finance.

Shoro niyen??


Oga your defamers are even doing you good.
Now you won’t hear Oshiomole say anything o, later he will be Masturbating for Saraki and Dogara issues. Stupid ugly beast.

He's waiting for his oga to show him the door.

Some of us still don't get it. Shittu has not comitted any crime. Adeosun crime was presenting a forged certificate
For shittu, you don't have to present any nysc certificate to become a minister or gofnor or anything.

So, people should understand the difference.

we don't need you to defect. all we are saying is that you resign, pay back all salary you have received and most importantly go and do your nysc

adexinbox:
That's why I am angry with Kemi Adeosun for that singleler act of resigned, she just gave people behind the ordeal that they've won.

Look at what happened to her after the resignation, lots of her haters become saint in this my country, especially opposition party & opposition tribe .

She should have just developed a thick skin, by now Nigeria will have forget about everything, this is Nigerian no one is a saint

and after you be will shouting pdp is corrupt. pdp destroyed the country