The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said that the movement of the so-called “coalition” into the African Democratic Congress (ADC) earlier today is the greatest factor that has strengthened the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Keyamo, in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter)
account on Wednesday, explained that by law, individuals cannot operate from or
belong to multiple political parties simultaneously, describing the open
declaration for ADC as a “clear abandonment” of their previous parties.
“In fact, belonging to two political parties is a ground for
disqualification in an election,” Keyamo stated.
According to him, the emergence of the ADC in its current
form signifies the “formal dismemberment of the PDP,” which he described as
hitherto Nigeria’s strongest opposition party.
He said many of the old guards in the PDP who have lost
control of the party have been displaced by the younger generation within the
PDP.
“That is why the gathering today was a conglomerate of
‘former this’ and ‘former that’ of the PDP. No matter how you look at it, this
is just Atiku’s faction of PDP in desperate search for the 2027 Presidential
ticket – nothing more, nothing less,” Keyamo wrote.
The minister added that the “coalition” also includes a few
APC members who worked against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last election
and others who lost their constituencies in 2023, insisting that their
defection takes nothing away from the ruling party.
“It is actually better for the APC because it is just a case
of totally extracting the germ that was eating the kola nut from within,” he
said.
Keyamo also argued that the “old, cunning guards” in the PDP
want to use the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections,
Peter Obi, for votes without giving him the presidential ticket, claiming the
coalition is “Atiku’s show simpliciter.”
“If you do not give Peter Obi the presidential ticket, you
lose his supporters. It is as simple as that. And how can you make someone who
won two regions in the last election (South-East and South-South) a running
mate to the person who won only one region (North-East)?” Keyamo questioned.
He concluded that when the dust settles, the PDP and the Labour
Party would have lost something, the ADC would have gained “something like a
caricature,” while the APC would have lost “absolutely nothing.”
“Since the 2023 elections, the APC have become stronger,
whilst the opposition parties have fragmented and become weaker,” Keyamo
asserted.
“Those who have defected to the APC since 2023 – the
governors, senators, honourable members – put side-by-side with the small
handful who have left the APC, who would you rather have in your ranks? That is
where lies the key to the whole analyses,” he noted.
The minister urged the public to allow the opposition
exercise their constitutional right to associate and assemble while the
government focuses on governance.
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