The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, [Festus Keyamo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_Keyamo), used his X account on October 14 to label former Vice President [Atiku Abubakar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar) as a hypocrite for denouncing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration while overlooking his own past actions.
Keyamo’s post came in response to Atiku, now the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, who had recently warned that Nigerians were grappling with soaring living costs and rising insecurity, including kidnappings and attacks.
**What did Keyamo allege?**
He reminded Atiku that, in September 2004, while serving as Vice‑President, his government ordered the liquidation of [Nigeria Airways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Airways), resulting in thousands of workers losing their jobs and facing delayed pensions and gratuities amounting to billions of naira.
**What action did President Tinubu take?**
Keyamo highlighted that President Tinubu, over a month earlier, approved a N36 billion disbursement to support the affected families, a move that earned him an award from the workers’ union.
**Key quote:** “Your Excellency, Atiku Abubakar @atiku, this is hypocrisy at its peak! Let me just talk only about the sector that I head, Aviation,” the minister wrote.
Keyamo concluded that Atiku’s criticism was a “cloud of rhetorical gibberish” and warned that younger Nigerians would soon learn the full history of the aviation sector’s woes.
The exchange underscores the ongoing political tension between the Tinubu administration and opposition figures ahead of upcoming elections.