2016! a year of social media drama and controversies. Only when we
thought the Twitter beef was left only for entertainers and celebrities,
our politicians has taken it up a notch with yet another Twitfight! This time, Ben Bruce vs Amaechi are trending on Twittersphere, see what is going down:
Bayelsa state Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, and Minister of Transport,
Rotimi Amaechi, were earlier today, engaged in a twitter fight over the
activities of the current APC-led federal government.
The twitter fight which went viral, was set off by a tweet posted
by Japhet Omojuwa, who tweeted that Ben Bruce should not be taken
seriously. "The reason I will NEVER take people like Ben Bruce
serious is because when they saw a leader (GEJ) do wrong, they kept
quiet. Don’t be Bruce," he said.
As expected, the Silverbird boss responded and chose to use the
recent comments credited to President Buhari that some Nigerians are
giving the country a bad image by engaging in nefarious activities
around the world.
While condemning the president’s comments, Ben Bruce wrote on his twitter,
"Your own minister spent ₦80 million on a one day dinner, yet it is
your citizens you accuse of being criminals #IAmANigerianNotACriminal."
Without a doubt, the tweet was targeted at Rotimi Amaechi whose
administration was accused of spending N80 million to organise a dinner
for Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka.
Sensing the jibe thrown at him by the Senator, Amaechi wasted no time in responding to Bruce and accused him of being a coward. "A
coward who is not bold enough to name the minister that he alleged
criminally spent N80M on dinner is unfit to sit in our senate chambers," he said.
In a dramtic fashion fashion, Ben Bruce responded to Amaechi by
referring to the recent Supreme Court judgment that upheld the election
of Nyesom Wike as governor, thereby, stifling the hope of the APC
candidate and Amaechi’s ally, Dakuku Peterside.
He tweeted and said, "When you have been Wike’d, you become
wicked! But you will always be my beloved brother, no matter how much
you transfer the anger on me."
The Minister of Transport reacted by accusing the Bayelsa Senator
of only finding his voice on twitter while he is hardly seen
contributing to debates in the Senate. "I will not respond to
innuendos. Be courageous, name the minister. We know you talk here &
do ‘siddon’ look where you are elected to talk," he said.
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