The Minister of State for Labour and spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) says the ruling party will run an issue based campaign free of abuses.
According to him, the APC will not abuse its opponents and will refrain from calling anybody stupid even if Nigerians see and refer to such a person as such.
He stated this in a post on Saturday via his verified Twitter handle, @fkeyamo.
He wrote, “We’ll run a clean campaign. We’ll not use abusive words on our opponents & their spokespersons. We’ll refrain from calling those who Nigerians think & say they look stupid with their gaffs as such. Abuses on a campaign trail are a sign of frustration. We will stick to the issues.”
The minister’s comment came as Senator Dino Melaye, who is the spokesperson to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, recently said that no one can campaign for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, without looking stupid.
Melaye made the comment after Keyamo earlier said that Atiku was no match for Tinubu.