Festus Keyamo SAN, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has stated that it is “impossible” for a political coalition to defeat President Bola or the APC Tinubu in 2027.
Speaking Monday on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Keyamo claimed that the much-discussed coalition plans of certain political elites were “a storm in a teacup” and could not stand up to the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) robust structure.
In his words, “There is no tsunami coming,”
“I think it’s a storm in a teacup. I respect these people, but if you look at the political history of Nigeria… I have campaigned for two presidents, so I have knowledge of the demography. It is impossible for you to do a coalition now to unseat the present President (Tinubu).”
Keyamo made these remarks while responding to comments made by Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a leader of the Labour Party, and other northern elites who have alluded to the formation of an opposition coalition, including former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and former vice president Atiku Abubakar.
Baba-Ahmed had advised Nigerians to look elsewhere in 2027 and charged that the Tinubu-led APC administration was overseeing massive corruption.
Keyamo recounted how President Tinubu had quickly started merger talks with then-General Muhammadu Buhari following the 2011 elections, a process that he said required years of back-and-forth meetings, conventions, and negotiations.
“The moment we lost the 2011 elections, Tinubu flew to Kaduna and met General (Muhammadu) Buhari. It was a long process before the APC was birthed.
“These people (current coalition proponents) are not experienced enough,”
“The President you are seeing now has gone through all of these, so he is just smiling and looking at all of them; he understands,” he added.
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