₦airaland Forum

TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF AVIATION, MR. FESTUS KEYAMO

Contrary to your account of events surrounding Mr. Peter Obi’s transit through the Abuja Airport on Saturday, July 4, it has become necessary to set the record straight.

Mr. Peter Obi does not have any police or civil defence personnel attached to him in Abuja, despite being entitled to VVIP protection by virtue of his status as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria. He certainly does not have a police officer serving as his driver. Your reference to a “police driver” appears to have been based on the assumption that he enjoys the level of security protection ordinarily accorded to someone of his standing. He does not.

Mr. Obi travels through multiple airports across Nigeria well over a dozen times every week. As someone who frequently travels with him, I have personally witnessed repeated instances of unusual discourtesy directed at him by some government personnel.

From your own account of events, it is evident that the incident Mr. Obi referred to during his interview occurred on a different date and at a different airport from the one referenced in your tweet.

However, let me address the incident you chose to publicise.

KEY CLARIFICATIONS

1. The incident you posted is entirely different from the one Mr. Peter Obi narrated in his interview. In that interview, he clearly stated: “I was there…” In the incident contained in your tweet, he was not present.

If we now have at least two separate incidents in which vehicles associated with Mr. Obi were clamped under questionable circumstances, does this not suggest a pattern of targeting an individual simply because of who he is?

2. The entire sequence of events you referenced, from arrival to the eventual clamping of the vehicle, lasted approximately five minutes.

At most airports around the world, including major international airports, a ten-minute drop-off window is generally considered acceptable. Where, then, did the claim of 30 minutes originate?

Do you not agree that half-truths can sometimes be more misleading than outright falsehoods?

3. Is it not a fact that several other vehicles were in the vicinity of Mr. Obi’s vehicle without attracting similar attention from airport officials? Indeed, some of those vehicles had been parked there long before Mr. Obi’s vehicle arrived, yet none was clamped.

4. I have personally been at the airport on several occasions when serving and former government officials arrived in large convoys, blocked access routes, and caused considerable inconvenience to the travelling public, without any agency of government taking similar action.

5. Under your watch, there have been other high-profile airport incidents, including:

The disruption involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole and airline staff.

The incident involving Mr. Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1), a known associate of the President, who allegedly attempted to prevent an aircraft from departing.

You are undoubtedly aware of both incidents.

Where was this same enthusiasm to instigate public outrage and issue official condemnations? Was CCTV footage from those incidents also released, or was the CCTV system only activated when it involved Mr. Peter Obi?

6. Can the publication of CCTV footage detailing Mr. Peter Obi’s movements on your personal social media platform be considered a serious breach of his personal security?

Your footage established no wrongdoing. Instead, you further exposed the movements of a leading opposition figure whose security concerns are already significant.

Would you release equivalent CCTV footage of other presidential candidates of Mr. Obi’s standing who travel in private and presidential aircraft funded by taxpayers?

Should a leading presidential candidate not be accorded security protocols consistent with democratic best practices?

7. The tone of your tweet conveyed unusual hostility and contempt towards Mr. Peter Obi.

Are Nigerians to conclude that this treatment is politically motivated and reflective of a broader strategy to weaken a major opposition contender ahead of the next general election?

8. You further threatened to direct FAAN to take unspecified action against Mr. Obi.

Are you the accuser, the investigator, the judge, and the executioner in the same matter?

As Minister of Aviation, are you now positioning yourself as the law itself?

Mr Keyamo, are you the Law?

Conclusion

This issue goes far beyond a clamped vehicle. It concerns equal treatment under the law, the security of opposition figures, the neutrality of state institutions, and the standards expected in a constitutional democracy.

Nigerians deserve answers to these questions.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Idris Zekeri Jnr
Spokesperson, Peter Obi Media Office

Whoever read the novel should please summarize in 3 sentences.

Total hogwash.

Your obi said he was a target of an ongoing federal govt harassment and persecution campaign against his person and claimed that the clamping of his car for wrongful parking was as a result of such an ongoing persecution.

So what is this one ranting aimlessly at ?

FSBoperator:
Total hogwash.

Your obi said he was a target of an ongoing federal govt harassment and persecution campaign against his person and claimed that the clamping of his car for wrongful parking was as a result of such an ongoing persecution.

So what is this one ranting aimlessly at ?

sometimes, you pretend to be intelligent but most times, you stay true to your lack of said intelligence

Trash. Let lamba master open his mouth and defend himself. Obi is a washout

Let anything happen to him first, and then we shall all learn interesting lessons. When e set, even the useless jaga-whatever would run to France for asylum as a refugee but he will be smoked out and will suffer worse than Charles Taylor. You think Peter Obi is Funsho W?

Very silly people. In the same Nigeria we know that any useless MC Oluomo or Yahoo Boy moves around with police escorts, you are forming 'due process' for the leading presidential candidate with millions of organic, passionate supporters. God, I will never forgive these creatures and I swear they will suffer repercussions.

The statement from Peter Obi's media office argues that the airport incident publicized by Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo was different from the one Peter Obi described and alleges a pattern of unfair treatment and selective enforcement against Obi. It questions why Obi's vehicle was singled out, why CCTV footage of his movements was released, and why similar incidents involving other prominent figures did not receive the same public response or sanctions. The statement concludes that the issue is about equal treatment, the security of opposition figures, and the impartiality of government institutions, calling on the minister to address these concerns.

HacheNoire:
Whoever read the novel should please summarize in 3 sentences.

FSBoperator:
Total hogwash.

Your obi said he was a target of an ongoing federal govt harassment and persecution campaign against his person and claimed that the clamping of his car for wrongful parking was as a result of such an ongoing persecution.

So what is this one ranting aimlessly at ?

Tell the owner of NL to start translation of things concerning obi in Yoruba language. So that when u read you will understand before commenting. It will make you to stop sounding dumb.
Obi does not have police driver like the fake San narrated

If I tell you, when your paymaster is out of office you won't last a year here, you can bookmap this and let's remind our selves in 2028….

FSBoperator:
Total hogwash.

Your obi said he was a target of an ongoing federal govt harassment and persecution campaign against his person and claimed that the clamping of his car for wrongful parking was as a result of such an ongoing persecution.

So what is this one ranting aimlessly at ?

Obiedun:
Trash. Let lamba master open his mouth and defend himself. Obi is a washout

The fake San no get level now for obi to respond to him
He has been begging for obi attention for long

Nairalander248:
If I tell you, when your paymaster is out of office you won't last a year here, you can bookmap this and let's remind our selves in 2028….

Oh so you are planning on arresting and killing us who never support your Giringori ?

Well, Tinubu will win re election and your frustration will continue till eternity because Peter Obi will never EVER be President of Nigeria.

Obiedun:
Trash. Let lamba master open his mouth and defend himself. Obi is a washout

Indeed. A pathetic drama King and totally empty attention-seeker.

Imagine announcing he mayy not be alive by 2027 with the insinuation Tinubu wants to take him out.

You do wrong, rather than move on you begin announcing to the world you are being persecuted by the federal Government.

We have seen Festus Keyamo's eloquent and conclusive report, with CCTV evidence, of the wrongdoing of Obi yet he continues attempt his silly gaslighting of the FG as if PBAT even has his time or reckons with him.

Dude is all shades of wrong. All Obi's antics would even be sensible if he were ever anything other than a below mediocre politician many Anambra folks, even on this forum, used to swear for.

MASTAkiLLAh:
sometimes, you pretend to be intelligent but most times, you stay true to your lack of said intelligence

Utter delusional nonsense .

TopBanter:
Indeed. A pathetic drama King and totally empty attention-seeker.

Imagine announcing he mayy not be alive by 2027 with the insinuation Tinubu wants to take him out.

You do wrong, rather than move on you begin announcing to the world you are being persecuted by the federal Government.

We have seen Festus Keyamo's eloquent and conclusive report, with CCTV evidence, of the wrongdoing of Obi yet he continues attempt his silly gaslighting of the FG as if PBAT even has his time or reckons with him.

Dude is all shades of wrong. All Obi's antics would even be sensible if he were ever anything other than a below mediocre politician many Anambra folks, even on this forum, used to swear for.

The man is just a certified egomaniac Agulu messiah empty barrel.

Na mad people plenty pass for this obidient movement I swear. As in, what fuckery is this?

FSBoperator:
Total hogwash.

Your obi said he was a target of an ongoing federal govt harassment and persecution campaign against his person and claimed that the clamping of his car for wrongful parking was as a result of such an ongoing persecution.

So what is this one ranting aimlessly at ?

Obi is a butterfly masquerading as an Eagle. Tinubu has his time how?

When real leaders , like Kwame Nkrumah, Awolowo and our current President are talking, can the fraud Obi, a glorified petty trader, show face?

Bruv, the main thing I hate about Nigeria, since relocating back a few years ago after decades in the UK, is the lack of analytical and critical-thinking capacity of young Nigerians.

I really doubt they can take this nation to developed and first world level. Moniepoint CEO stated same when he said they had 500 vacancies they prioritised filling with Nigerians but were struggling to find people with the requisite level of intelligence Quotient to match jobs.In short, foreigners were better, more intelligent and more talented.

The hype behind Obi is driven by 2 things alone. (1) Desperation of the SE for an Igbo Presidency and (2) an ignorant and lazy youth class (according to Buhari) who cannot be bothered to think properly and do research to note Obi is empty as a leader and have somehow brainwashed themselves to believe him some messiah and "change".

Whereas easily accessible records will show Obi underwhelmed as Governor in comparison to so many others.

There are some very simple rules to life. For example, which genuine political leader build nothing and no one? Which authentic and meritorious leader flees every conflict as Obi does?

This is a guy who is very dull and feels everyone is on his level to be patronised with dullardly talk. Shocked when he went to the North to attempt patronising the region, seeking their vote, by announcing lack of opportunity is the problem of the North? Seriously? Why tell such an outrageous lie?

The problem of the North is that they have the most wicked and inhuman leaders in the entire world who do not care for their people and have no interest in seeing them as asset let alone prioritising their development as, for example, Awolowo did with free and compulsory education for every child in the SW back then.

No one can develop the North until Northern leaders are ready to develop the North and Northerners.

Obi is the same leader who invested the money of Anambra in a beer business, without carrying citizens along, him and his family are major stakeholders in.

Are these not the sort of critical facts that should guide the thinking of Nigerians? Nigerians youths are poor to be honest and they are part of the reason our nation isn't making progress.

I have been really disappointed with majority of them, especially as an employer of labour, since relocating to Nigeria despite the hype around Nigeria globally and currently.

You no be God!

FSBoperator:
Oh so you are planning on arresting and killing us who never support your Giringori ?

Well, Tinubu will win re election and your frustration will continue till eternity because Peter Obi will never EVER be President of Nigeria.

Nairalander248:
You no be God!

But nah you be God abi?

You openly threatening me here that I will disappear come next year after your obi wins the elections in your dreams.

HacheNoire:
Whoever read the novel should please summarize in 3 sentences.

This data b0y writes just like CyrusVI aka HeroClitus the one that supports political parties as if he is supporting his best soccer team

seunmsg:
Na mad people plenty pass for this obidient movement I swear. As in, what fuckery is this?

As the drug baron if his government gave obi police driver
It is simple so that we know how the fake San is lying

Burob:
Utter delusional nonsense .

your wahala boss

HacheNoire:
Whoever read the novel should please summarize in 3 sentences.

After almost 5 years of tinubu government finding a crime that can be pinned on PO, the best they could come up with is 'E no park well'.

As a decent man like myself, if government of the day should scrutinise me, they must find one or two things to crucify me with.

Now PO only crime is wrong parking.

What manner of man is PO. Man is so clean.

Hedonisco:
Let anything happen to him first, and then we shall all learn interesting lessons. When e set, even the useless jaga-whatever would run to France for asylum as a refugee but he will be smoked out and will suffer worse than Charles Taylor. You think Peter Obi is Funsho W?

Very silly people. In the same Nigeria we know that any useless MC Oluomo or Yahoo Boy moves around with police escorts, you are forming 'due process' for the leading presidential candidate with millions of organic, passionate supporters. God, I will never forgive these creatures and I swear they will suffer repercussions.

He better get security. This is Nigeria o. Who them kill,them don kill am o.

And you that is saying they should touch him first now,they won't see you again when it happens.

Take mobad as an example. After two weeks Nigerians forgot everything..

Na who die loose. And na who listen to una ,find trouble.

They said Jonathan was a thief .... they brought in the saint( who was the main theif) for 8 years.....then the god father of thief entered and replaced the Saint.


Uncle P please 🙏 stop been hope foe this country--- the insults and persecution is too much

Like I told you in private go and rest --- and after 2027 nigerians will go and verify.

Video was posted . Why should we swallow written epistle ?

Tenses:
After almost 5 years of tinubu government finding a crime that can be pinned on PO, the best they could come up with is 'E no park well'.

As a decent man like myself, if government of the day should scrutinise me, they must find one or two things to crucify me with.

Now PO only crime is wrong parking.

What manner of man is PO. Man is so clean.

Lying comes naturally to you obidients. Like master like subjects. So if we subtract 2023 from 2026, the answer will be 5. Right?