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!
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce
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.
