The Honourable Minister of State, Labour, And Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has been under fire since last night after he congratulated Nigeria's foremost boxer, Anthony Joshua on his boxing victory over Andy Ruiz.
Keyamo who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, has been an object of social media tantrum since Friday, after Omoyele Sowore was re-arrested within the court building.
The incident sparked worldwide criticism, making Nigerians and members of the US government to send strong messages to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Keyamo got into the picture because he is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who many believe should have a say on what many called a desecration of Nigeria's judiciary.
Most Nigerians on the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, were however surprised that Festus Keyamo was silent on the issue, as well as other aides to the President, except for Mrs. Loretta Onochie, who called the re-arrest a "drama" scripted by Sowore and his supporters.
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Recall that Festus Keyamo has been a faithful member of the then opposition party, transformed as APC.
He has been a member of the party even during the time of Yar'Adua.
This is Keyamo's tweet that drew wide-scale comment:
"The stunning comeback of Anthony Joshua reaffirms the fact that winners are not those who are too strong to fail or fall; it is rather those who possess the ability to dust themselves up and rise again each time they fail or fall because failure sometimes occurs even to winners."
The tweet is Keyamo's first post on Twitter since the court incident. As though Nigerians have been waiting for him, they quickly started throwing questions at him.
These are reactions from Nigerians.
