The minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu and Shara reporters founder, Omoyele Sowore heavily traded words on a Radio programme on Saturday.
During an interview on Fresh FM Ibadan, Shittu and Sowore went head to head over the publisher’s ambition to become President in 2019.
TheNewsGuru.com monitored the programme and below is the exchange that took place;
Sowore started; “Minister, it is great to see you. This is the minister of an outgoing regime; the Buhari regime will be kicked off power by 2019,”
He had barely concluded his introductory statement when Mr. Shittu fired back saying that he is a dreamer.
Shittu fired; “By your wish or by God’s wish? You are just dreaming. You are a daydreamer” he said in response to Mr. Sowore’s claim to which the presidential hopeful replied saying, “By the wish of the people of Nigeria, Sir. It is not a dream. It is the realization you’d wake up to on February 15.”
“Sowore, what’s your electoral worth? Whether in your Ife (sic), home or any part of this country.” Mr. Sowore replied: “My electoral worth brought you to power in 2015. Nobody even heard about many of you in 2014.”
“You are inconsequential…” he said.
Sowore said; “I am consequential because you came to power on my back, on our back… on the back of young people who invested a lot of hope.”
In response, the minister described the publisher as a mere noise-maker. “What did you invest? Did you invest more than me, No? I will not sit here and allow someone make noise…You are just a noisemaker. You are just a noisemaker.”
Sowore replied; “This was the same way Jonathan people were sounding in 2014… you are gonna be shocked in 2019,” Mr. Sowore said. On accusations by the minister that he was a dreamer and that his statements were politically motivated, he said: “The Nigeria of the future is for dreamers like me.”
Shittu shot back: “You think the presidency is for people like you? Go and start from being a councilor. I have been a member of the House of Assembly, I was a commissioner twice, I was already a lawyer… you wouldn’t know, you were too small. How old are you? How old are you? This is not a platform for minions like you to come… you think the presidency is something you can just buy in a marketplace? You are a giant in university politics (and) by the grace of God you will be put to shame.”
Kindly watch the video below to see the full interview and exchanges;