Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo said opposition candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi stand no chance against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
According to him, the 2027 polls would be less of an election and more of a “coronation” for Tinubu.
Keyamo made the assertion as a guest on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television programme on Thursday.
The minister said the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s victories in the FCT municipal and Ekiti gubernatorial elections were indicators of what would happen in 2027.
He noted that the APC administration has performed creditably and Nigerians would vote for the party again.
“We have won in Ekiti now. We told them to vote, they voted. FCT they voted, we won,” he said.
He scoffed at insinuations that Atiku and Obi could stop Tinubu’s re-election.
On Obi, Keyamo said, “I’m looking around, between you and me, where will Obi’s votes come from? I can’t see it.”
Asked if Atiku could pose a threat, he retorted amid laughter: “Which Atiku? Nightmare who?”
The minister added, “I want to make a profound statement as a closing statement. Not out of arrogance, not out of overconfidence, but out of pure demographic calculations: the 2027 election is a coronation, not an election.
“I repeat—don’t take me out of context—out of pure demographic calculations, it’s a coronation.”
(The Sun)