Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo yesterday declared that next year’s presidential election will be a coronation for President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Keyamo laced his prediction with what he described as pure demographic calculations.
He said: ‘I want to make a profound statement as a closing statement. Not out of arrogance. Not out of overconfidence, but out of pure demographic calculations.
‘The 2027 election is a coronation, not an election. I repeat. Don’t take me out of context. It’s out of pure demographic calculations.’
Asked about the opposition’s prospects, Keyamo dismissed the chances of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and others.
Keyamo said he could not see where Obi’s votes would come from in the next election.
‘We have won already. I’m looking around; between you and me, where will Obi’s vote come from? I can’t see it. I don’t see where it will come from.’
Keyamo also accused Obi of deception over claims that he was harassed at the airport because of his opposition status, insisting that video evidence contradicted the allegation.