Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the move by Atiku Abubakar and Nasir El-Rufai to register a new political party.
In reaction to a post made on X, Keyamo said the move made by the champions of a coalition against President Bola Tinubu is a mere application to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The minister said the attempt by the coalition leaders to register a new political party is over-hyped, noting that this is no coalition as no existing political party is part of the move, he also described the frenzy around it as a weak attempt by the promoters of the coalition to appeal to the masses.
“This is just a simple application for party registration. There is nothing like a ‘coalition’ here.
“It is an unnecessary hype the promoters have been struggling to create all along; it is just a psychological warfare on Nigerians – a weak attempt at mass appeal.
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“No recognised existing political party or parties are part of this. If they are thinking of recreating what the APC did in 2013, then this is nothing but a pedestrian joke; a complete mockery of that seismic political coalition that birthed APC in 2013,” Keyamo noted.
He further explained that the step undertaking by Atiku and El-Rufai is a disappointing anti-climax.
“A few individuals exercising their constitutional right to form a new political party cannot be described as a ‘coalition’ or even a ‘merger’. This is not different from several political associations springing up every day for the same purpose.
“After all the razzmatazz, it boils down to the fact that a new political party is just attempting registration by a few Nigerians; it is a disappointing anti-climax to all the preceding pomp and pageantry,” he added.