By Ife Osemedua

365Daily – Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem Ajenifuja, has accused the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, of using past private communication between them to blackmail him.

Following the release of ‘Jaga jaga’ remix by the artist on Tuesday, Keyamo had tweeted that the artist was criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration which he is a part of because he did not honour a request by the artist to give him three million naira.

The Minister was mentioned in the song for ‘ditching his activism’ to join ”the cabal to chop money”.

“Where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o,” the line stated.

In reaction, Keyamo disclosed on Saturday, April 24, 2021, via a tweet, that Eedris was criticising him because he (Eedris) had approached him in 2018 when he was named Director of Strategic Communications for Buhari Campaign Organisation for a paid engagement and he declined.

But in a statement released on Sunday, April 25, 2021, the musician accused the Minister of being the blackmailer who is using past requests he had made to him based on their supposed close relationship as his weapon.

He said, “When he [Keyamo] was in prison, I stood by him, I fought (Olusegun) Obasanjo on behalf of all the comrades in prison. I released Jagajaga. When my mother was dying, I reached out to a brother, or one I thought was a brother and a comrade. Could he have helped, yes, did he help, NO…such was the wickedness of his heart that he munched and kept personal details for three years…real Hallmark of a Blackmailer!

“In 2018, I still thought the man was a comrade. Thought he could effect change in the government he served. Then he joined the cabal, he became inner caucus and held the steering wheel spiralling Nigeria into doom. He joined to crush the revolution of the youths, he joined the cabal. The cabal which mowed down our youths at LEKKI TOLL GATE.

“With a vexed spirit, I went again to the studio for ‘Jagajaga Reloaded’ and the Blackmailer went to town. The cabal is awoken. The cabal is hit. The cabal is in pain. The cabal is failing. The cabal will fall.

“The Blackmailer said I recorded a song for Buhari. The said song is titled: ‘Obasanjo Write Buhari Letter…’

“Issues raised on Jagajaga Reloaded are facts. Nigeria never had it so bad. The Jagajaga has taken a gargantuan dimension. We must keep asking questions. We must ask the cabal questions.

“Festus Keyamo don join the cabal. He is in pains because his next ambition is to be Governor of Delta State. Perhaps to localise grand looting, terrorism, murdering and raping of our citizens, kidnapping, which his cabal have romanticised and packaged as banditry, and sundry other mis-governance. This is why Jagajaga ti get e! Festus Keyamo na cabal.”