Tinubu Must Be Re-Elected In 2027 To Complete His Reforms—Keyamo

Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has advised the the Progressives Congress (APC) members to put President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 ahead of their own political goals.

Keyamo underlined the importance of Tinubu’s second term in completing the governance reforms he has undertaken.

“Every single APC member in Nigeria today should be concentrating on the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, irrespective of whether it affects your personal interest or not, because he does need a second term to fully finish up all these reforms,” Keyamo told Channels Television’s Political Today on Monday.

The minister projected that “it will be tragic for any government to come in 2027 and stop all these reforms,” whereas “this is what has happened in the past when you had all the inchoate policies that were implemented.”

Following Sheriff Oborevwori’s recent defection to the APC as governor of Delta State, Keyamo’s home state, the minister handed over the party’s leadership in the state to him.

Keyamo remarked that such sacrifices are important to strengthen the APC and increase President Tinubu’s prospects of reelection in 2027.
“Whether I have to make sacrifices like yesterday, when we surrendered (party leadership in Delta), it is all irrelevant as long as we strengthen the APC further for Mr President’s re-election.”

“I don’t care whether it affects me; I don’t care whether I lose out politically; Mr President must be elected,” he told reporters.
Keyamo claimed that the PDP has lost its essence in Delta State as a result of Oborevwori’s defection to the APC.

He explained that Delta was a key funder of the PDP and that the governor’s defection was a significant benefit to the APC ahead of the 2027 national elections.

Keyamo stated, “The PDP understands that they have lost something resembling their essence. Delta was like the PDP’s soul. Delta was a significant funder of the PDP, but they have lost it.