Senior lawyer and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has described the All Progressives Congress, (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the Lionel Messi of Nigeria politics.
He added that Tinubu would emerge victorious in the 2023 presidential election because he has given his all to a cause just like Messi.
He made this statement while reacting to a post on Social media by the popular United Kingdom, UK, soccer pundit, Piers Morgan.
Morgan congratulated Messi following Argentina’s victory in the 2022 world cup in Qatar yesterday at the Lusial Stadium.
He tweeted: “BREAKING: Argentina win the World Cup on penalties. What a game. Incredible drama. Congrats to Lionel Messi & his team. Commiserations to the French who gave it everything, especially the brilliant Mbappe. Football eh.. bloody hell!”
Keyamo responded by saying the world cup final match had espoused the popular Emi lokan slogan of Tinubu.
Keyamo tweeted: “The match b/w Argentina V. France has espoused the notion of EMILOKAN which, in its proper context, means when you’ve given your all to a cause, then you can rightly lay claim to the ultimate prize. France wanted to alter that notion, but the gods ruled in favour of Lionel Messi.”