The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has blasted the anti-Tinubu coalition for registering a new political party.
He recently described the move as a pedestrian joke and a failed attempt at political drama.
Speaking via a press statement released on social media, Keyamo revealed that the decision is overhyped and lacks political substance.
He argued that no recognized political parties were involved in the application process, hence why it cannot be compared to the historic coalition that gave birth to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013.
According to him, the group behind the registration of the new party, All Democratic Alliance (ADA), comprises only a few persons exercising their constitutional right, and that cannot be likened to a merger or coalition of parties.
“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 psychological warfare on Nigerians — a weak attempt at mass appeal.
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,” he said.
Keyamo further noted that what Atiku, Amaechi and El Rufai have done is similar to the various political associations springing up every day in Nigeria, stressing that it is nothing special.
He concluded by saying that the registration is a disappointing anti-climax to all of the noise that preceded it.
“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.
