Keep up with the latest news and be part of our weekly giveaways and airtime sharing; follow our WhatsApp channel for more updates. Click to Follow us

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has alluded to the impossibility of overthrowing President Bola Tinubu through a coalition in the general elections of 2027.

Keyamo made this claim on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, claiming that the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) powerful structure would not be able to survive the much-discussed coalition plans of some political elite.

“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),” he said.

The minister was responding to comments made by Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a chieftain of the Labour Party, and other northern elites who have alluded to the formation of an opposition coalition. These individuals include former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and former vice president Atiku Abubakar.

Baba-Ahmed had urged Nigerians to look elsewhere in 2027, accusing the Tinubu administration of overseeing massive corruption.

Similarly, there were rumors that some members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were thinking about merging.

Nonetheless, a number of PDP governors have openly disassociated themselves with the notion.

According to ZINGTIE, the former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose called the coalition discussions worthless and a waste of time.

In response to a question on whether Tinubu’s APC could survive the purported political “tsunami” being organized against it, Keyamo maintained that coalition talks were either premature or incorrect.

“There are two different things they are talking about — a merger or an alliance. They should be very clear. If it’s a merger, forget it, because it’s too late to start a merger now,” he explained.

He recalled 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.

Please don’t forget to “Allow the notification” so you will be the first to get our gist when we publish it. 
Drop your comment in the section below, and don’t forget to share the post.