2023 Presidency: Keyamo Predicts Victory For APC, Says “Only A United Opposition Can Upstage A Ruling Party”

By Daniel Dafe

Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has said that the battle for the seat of the president in 2023 will be between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but noted that “only a united opposition can upstage a ruling party.”

The outspoken minister gave this assertion via his Tweeter handle on Friday.

According to him, “despite multi-party systems in all major democracies of the world, ONLY TWO dominant parties have emerged in over 2 centuries in NEARLY all these democracies.”

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Adding: “Young democracies in AFRICA have not been different. Power have always oscillated mainly between two dominant parties.”

Furthermore, he asserted that presidential candidates and supporters from other political parties other than APC and PDP hoping that their determination to win will lead to something EXTRAORDINARY “have not lived long enough to study the trajectory of elections in Nigeria,” saying “it will DEFINITELY lead to greater participation, but it will not SUBSTANTIALLY upset the apple cart.”

He continued: “What we managed to do in 2015 was that the APC was able to design a platform where all the forces against the ruling PDP were able to congregate as one. That’s not the case now. The PDP lacks the moral fibre to pull such a stunt with its own internal squabbles & contradictions.”

“A coalition against APC isn’t feasible for now. I waited till after close of nominations to make these analyses to protect my party. It’s ONLY a united opposition that can upstage a ruling party, even in guber elections. The recent elections in Anambra & Osun are good examples,” he opined.