“You Say ‘Nigeria Is Finished’, Yet You Want To Associate With Success Story Just For Photo Ops?” — Keyamo Accuses Obi Of Hypocrisy Over Flamingos Incident

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has accused the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, of hypocrisy.

Earlier Monday, Obi accused officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of barring him from greeting members of the Flamingos, Nigeria’s Under-17 women’s national football team, when they returned to Nigeria after the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup victory in Morocco.

He said he arrived at the airport around 7 a.m. to board a flight to Enugu when he sighted the team, which had just returned to the country.

However, Keyamo, in a post on his X platform on Monday, questioned why Obi was eager to associate with what he described as a success story of the country and the present administration despite his frequent criticisms of Nigeria.

He insinuated that Obi’s intention was merely to seek publicity through photographs with the victorious players of the under-17 women’s national football team.

Keyamo wrote, “Mr Peter Obi, in all your public vituperations, you often say things akin to the fact that ‘Nigeria is finished’. So, why are you now so anxious to associate with a success story of the country or this government? Just for photo ops? You see the hypocrisy?”