Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, characterized citizens criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s remarks on the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest as individuals with malicious motives.

He suggested that these critics aimed to pressure the President into negotiating power with them.

Keyamo conveyed this viewpoint through a brief statement he shared on his verified X handle on Tuesday.

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The statement reads, “Even if Mr President @officialABAT redrafts his wonderful speech one million times over, those with nefarious intentions will continue to pooh-pooh it in order to justify their continued instigation of mayhem.

“Their real intention is to force the hand of Mr President to negotiate power with them. It is as simple as that. The fall guys are the ignorant, but patriotic compatriots on social media screaming their heads off and the robbers and hoodlums that are rampaging on the streets.”

Keyamo added, “Behind all these facades is a complex chess game of power with unseen hands.”