{"id":361804,"date":"2025-08-04T07:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361804"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:04:06","slug":"keyamo-obis-christian-igbo-youth-support-will-collapse-if-he-runs-as-atikus-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/04\/keyamo-obis-christian-igbo-youth-support-will-collapse-if-he-runs-as-atikus-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyamo: Obi\u2019s Christian, Igbo, youth support will collapse if he runs as Atiku\u2019s deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The aviation minister claimed APC retains unmatched political structures in the north, including governors and senators.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Obi has dismissed running\u2011mate speculation, saying he is only committed to serving one term if elected president.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The minister of aviation, Festus Keyamo, has predicted that Peter Obi\u2019s support base in the 2023 elections would vanish if he runs as Atiku Abubakar\u2019s deputy in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and Abubakar, who flew the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s flag, both lost to President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes, ahead of Abubakar\u2019s 6,984,520, while Obi garnered 6,101,533 to finish third.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo, speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics, dismissed the opposition coalition promoted by the African Democratic Congress as incapable of making electoral impact.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the plan to merge Obi\u2019s bloc with Abubakar\u2019s following to challenge APC\u2019s hold was not grounded in reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ADC is going nowhere in terms of demography,\u201d Keyamo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like what is happening; it keeps us on our toes and makes us work harder, but the numbers are not adding up for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they are banking on in 2027 is to combine Atiku and Obi\u2019s votes and surpass the eight million we scored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that calculation is faulty. If Obi becomes Atiku\u2019s deputy, the three demographic factors that delivered his votes in 2023 will collapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn that election, Obi was the only Christian among the major candidates, and so Christians rallied behind him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe South\u2011East also felt shortchanged, so they lined up for their kinsman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd young Nigerians, angry and desirous of a youthful candidate, chose Obi since his rivals were older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aviation minister added that Obi would not easily attract votes from the north, claiming that APC\u2019s dominance in the region remained secure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you put Obi as president now, he cannot break into the north. We have structures there \u2014 governors, senators, networks \u2014 and those structures remain intact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the former Anambra governor has distanced himself from suggestions of becoming a running mate, insisting he would only serve one term if elected president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aviation minister claimed APC retains unmatched political structures in the north, including governors and senators. Obi has dismissed running\u2011mate speculation, saying he is only committed to serving one term if elected president. 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