{"id":815,"date":"2026-10-24T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/keyamo-accuses-atiku-of-fearing-apcs-northern-support\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:32:21","slug":"keyamo-accuses-atiku-of-fearing-apcs-northern-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/keyamo-accuses-atiku-of-fearing-apcs-northern-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyamo accuses Atiku of fearing APC\u2019s Northern support"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Keyamo<\/p>\n

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of being apprehensive about the All Progressives Congress (APC)\u2019s support base in northern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Keyamo, a senior advocate of Nigeria, made the allegation in a statement titled, \u201cWhy Atiku Abubakar Is Particularly Jittery About the Kaduna Flag-off,\u201d in which he criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate\u2019s reported online attacks against the APC ahead of the party\u2019s campaign rally in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n

He alleged that some videos circulating online showing the removal of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s campaign posters were staged to create the impression that the President had lost support in the North.<\/p>\n

Keyamo also dismissed as fake a purported letter alleging that N2.3 trillion had been earmarked for the Kaduna rally, describing it as an attempt to portray the APC as relying on financial inducements to attract supporters.<\/p>\n

The minister, however, did not provide evidence in the statement to substantiate his allegations about the videos or the purported letter.<\/p>\n

He argued that Atiku\u2019s political calculations ahead of the 2027 election had been based largely on securing northern votes, adding that the former vice-president faced challenges in gaining support in the South.<\/p>\n

Keyamo cited the 2023 presidential election, claiming that Atiku lost across the North-Central states and all Southern states except Osun State.<\/p>\n

He alleged that Atiku had initially expected Tinubu to have limited electoral appeal in the North but was now concerned about the APC\u2019s political structures in the region.<\/p>\n

According to Keyamo, the APC\u2019s presence in northern Nigeria could undermine Atiku\u2019s strategy of relying on the region to secure victory in the next presidential election.<\/p>\n

The minister further argued that even a strong showing by Atiku in parts of the North might not be sufficient to secure victory if he failed to make significant gains in the Middle Belt and Southern states.<\/p>\n

Keyamo also drew a comparison between Atiku and former President Muhammadu Buhari, who secured substantial northern support in the 2015 presidential election.<\/p>\n

He argued that Atiku\u2019s political background differed from Buhari\u2019s, while making corruption-related allegations against the former vice-president without presenting supporting evidence in the statement.<\/p>\n

The comments come amid intensifying political activity ahead of the 2027 general elections, with parties and their presidential contenders seeking to consolidate support across the country\u2019s geopolitical zones.<\/p>\n

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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of being apprehensive about the All Progressives Congress (APC)\u2019s support base in northern Nigeria ahead… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}