FCT Polls: Keyamo Upbraids Opposition, Says Nigerians Are Not Fools

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticized opposition parties over their allegations of widespread irregularities in the recent election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), describing their claims as baseless and exaggerated.

In a post shared on his official X account on Sunday, Keyamo accused opposition figures of making “futile excuses” for their defeat at the polls, asserting that Nigerians had clearly expressed their will.

“This set of opposition fellows are a bunch of lazy and shameless characters,” he wrote. “The futile excuses they give for losing elections have become their opium to numb their pain, disappointment and shame for their rejection by the electorate after all their theatrics and grandstanding. Nigerians are NOT FOOLS.”

The minister argued that out of the 2,822 polling units in the FCT, the opposition had pointed to fewer than 10 units where result sheets were allegedly corrected as evidence that the entire election was flawed.

“Even if it is 50 units that had corrected (or mutilated) sheets, that leaves you with over 2,770 units,” he stated, adding that in some of the cited cases, the corrected figures reportedly favoured the opposition parties.

Keyamo further accused opposition leaders of attempting to create “mass hysteria” by claiming that Nigeria’s democracy was under threat.

“They go further to use this flawed logic to create mass hysteria that ‘our democracy is in danger’ and attempt to stir social unrest amongst unsuspecting Nigerians,” he wrote.

According to him, certain opposition actors consider elections to be free and fair only when the ruling party loses.

“The only election that can be free and fair, in their own warped minds, is when the ruling party loses,” Keyamo added. “These guys are prepared only for propaganda, not elections. It is as simple as that.”

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