Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has reaffirmed his support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that while the party is not perfect, it remains Nigeria’s strongest political platform.
In a post on X, Keyamo revisited comments he said were originally made during a 2017 interview, clarifying that parts of his remarks were edited out at the time. He maintained that his position has not changed nearly a decade later.
“This is the unedited part of the interview I granted a blog in 2017 (nine years ago) emphasising that APC may not be a Party of saints (which, I repeat, is a matter of fact), BUT it is still far better than where we were coming from. Some characters edited the last part of my statement out of it.
“And today, I repeat it again, I will be a fool to say APC is a Party of saints. And anyone who declares any party to which he/she belongs as a Party of saints will also be a fool.”
The minister framed his argument as a comparative assessment of Nigeria’s political trajectory, contending that despite its flaws, the APC offers a preferable alternative to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which governed Nigeria for 16 years.
“But, on the balance, the APC still holds the best hope for the country and we cannot return to the era of PDP where you had some of the characters who are running for President today.
“It was only Mr. President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT that never hopped onto that battered train of PDP at that time.”
