By Our Correspondent
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has dismissed the chances of opposition figure Peter Obi making significant electoral inroads in Northern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Keyamo, a senior member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made the remark during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday.
According to him, the APC maintains a strong political foothold in the North — one that, he argues, Obi and any opposition alliance would struggle to match.
“If you put Peter Obi this time as president, he cannot penetrate the north. We have our structures in the north. We have governors and our structures in the North,” Keyamo stated.
He further downplayed the recent opposition coalition reportedly formed under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying it poses little threat to the APC’s dominance.
“This so-called ADC, in 2027, what they are working on is to bring Peter Obi and Atiku (Abubakar) together to join those numbers and beat our over eight million votes. Let me tell you why it is wrong. If you make Peter Obi the deputy to Atiku, three demographic factors delivered Peter Obi in 2023, but the three will collapse,” he said
The Minister however remarked that while such alliances may not gain real traction, they help keep the ruling party on its toes.
