Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has claimed that it is illegal for politicians to belong to multiple political parties.
Keyamo was reacting to the official unveiling of the African
Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday.
Keyamo, writing on X, claimed those in ADC are old guard of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and members of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, who worked against President Bola Tinubu’s election.
He tweeted: “What happened earlier today with the movement
of the so-called ‘coalition’ into the ADC is the greatest factor that has
strengthened the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. Let me explain.
“By law, you cannot operate from, or belong to, two or
multiple political parties, so it is safe to say that their open declaration
for ADC today is a clear abandonment of their previous parties. In fact,
belonging to two political parties is a ground for disqualification in an
election.
“Therefore, the emergence of ADC as presently constituted
marks the formal dismemberment of the PDP, hitherto Nigeria’s strongest
opposition Party.
“Majority of the old guard in the PDP (who have apparently
lost control of the Party) have been pushed out of the party by the Younger
Turks 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.
“The other addition to the so-called ‘coalition’ is a
sprinkling of APC members who actually worked against President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu in the last election and one or two APC leaders who lost their
constituencies to opposition parties in 2023. Their movement therefore takes
NOTHING away from the APC. It is actually better for the APC because it is just
a case of totally extracting the germ that was eating the cola nut from within.
“The person who the old, cunning guards want to take for a
ride in all of this is Peter Obi. They want his votes, but don’t want to give
him their Presidential ticket, because this is Atiku’s show simpliciter. That
is why David Mark is the interim Chairman.
“Those who know politics know what I am saying. But 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)?
“Therefore, when the dust settles, you will discover that
PDP and the Labour Party have lost something, the ADC have only gained
something like a caricature, but the APC has lost ABSOLUTELY nothing.
“What this all means is that since the 2023 elections, the
APC have become stronger, whilst the opposition parties have been fragmented
and have become weaker. Those who have defected to the APC since 2023 (the
Governors, Senators, Honourable members, etc) put side-by-side with a 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.
“For now, let us face governance and allow them exercise
their constitutional right to associate and assemble.”
Some of the key members of the ADC include former Senate
President, Senator David Mark; former Osun state governor, Rauf Argegbesola and
ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar.
Others present at the unveiling included: Former APC National
Chairman, John Oyegun, Former Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
Former Attorney General of the federation , Abubakar Malami, Dino Melaye, a
former Minister of Youth and Sports; Solomon Dalong; Dele Momodu, Senator
Gabriel Suswam, and Senator Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP), former
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, former Chief of
Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.).
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