The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has claimed that those condemning President Bola Tinubu’s speech on the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest have nefarious intentions.

Recall that Tinubu’s speech was greeted with heavy backlash, as some political stakeholders claimed that he failed to address critical issues.

Reacting to the criticism via his X handle on Tuesday, Keyamo claimed that the critics intended to force the President to negotiate power with them.

According to him, “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.”

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