Nigerians won't forgive the Ministry of Communication for this careless statement

...even though it apologised

Nigerians are not letting a mistake made by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy slip by.

It so happened that while CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami were embroiled in a huge battle on Twitter NG yesterday, the Ministry's social media handler goofed.

The ministry had in the heat of the clash on Sunday tweeted: “Like seriously! When you have no offence or facts to challenge his intellectual know-how you resort to report the colonisers. I hear, you are Lampard’s twin. Continue… Indaboski Bahose will sure visit you soon.”

That singular tweet angered Social Commentator, Kayode Ogundamisi, who tagged the ministry as a big embarrassment.

This was enough to elicit a profound apology from the ministry which read:

"We sincerely apologize to Nigerians, this was a mistake by one of the handlers of this account who thought he was tweeting with his personal account. We are a responsive handle and would not get involved with such."

We sincerely apologize to Nigerians, this was a mistake by one of the handlers of this account who thought he was tweeting with his personal account. We are a responsive handle and would not get involved with such.

— Fed Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy (@FMoCDENigeria) May 25, 2020

Trust Nigerians to be thorough in seeking disciplinary action.

He has, warm regards.

— Fed Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy (@FMoCDENigeria) May 25, 2020

Show of shame?????????????????????????????

— Kiss Khalid (@Khalidami450) May 25, 2020

The employer too. Pantami should read a riot act to his team or else go back to being DG or an aide. What's going on here?

— Ayodeji - NaijaWelundu (@AvalonGroove) May 25, 2020

Really sad. And there’s the word “communications” in the ministry’s name!

— F. I. Jumare (@asaberuwa) May 25, 2020

Show Of Shame From Dishonourable Minister &Chairperson NIDCOM.

— Ola maboreje (@Olamaboreje1) May 25, 2020

The Nigerian Communications Commission and NIDCOM are currently at war over an office space in the NCC building in Abuja.

Mrs Dabiri-Erewa had on Saturday alleged that armed security operatives acting on the orders of Mr Pantami chased NIDCOM staff out of an office allocated to it in the NCC building by the Federal Government.

The NCC and Pantami have both disproved the allegations.