{"id":361912,"date":"2025-08-05T20:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361912"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:26:37","slug":"peter-obi-is-a-cult-figure-atiku-cannot-claim-pdps-6-9m-votes-says-keyamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/peter-obi-is-a-cult-figure-atiku-cannot-claim-pdps-6-9m-votes-says-keyamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi is a cult figure; Atiku cannot claim PDP\u2019s 6.9m votes, says Keyamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The minister said proposed Atiku-Obi alliance is a tactic to exploit Obi\u2019s popularity without genuinely offering him the presidential ticket.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keyamo described Obi as a \u201ccult personality\u201d who commands loyalty beyond what Atiku can muster politically<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has said that former vice-president Atiku Abubakar cannot defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election, even with Peter Obi as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo spoke on Monday during an interview on Prime Time, a programme aired on Arise Television.<\/p>\n<p>He said Atiku no longer commands the political support he enjoyed in 2023 because he has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Atiku\u2019s 6.9 million votes in the last election came from the PDP\u2019s structure, which he abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the proposed Atiku-Obi alliance, Keyamo said the coalition is aimed at combining their 2023 votes to surpass Tinubu\u2019s 8.9 million tally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you make Atiku the presidential candidate and Obi the vice-presidential candidate, what they are trying to do is merge those two votes to surpass our 8.9 million votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they don\u2019t understand that the dynamics have changed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, Atiku does not possess that 6.9 million votes. Obi is more of a cult personality than Atiku, so Atiku cannot take that 6.9 million votes away from PDP. It was the PDP structure that gave him that vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo, who served as the spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign in 2023, noted that Atiku\u2019s departure from PDP has stripped him of the support base that powered his last electoral outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe structures of PDP that delivered those votes are intact \u2014 he (Atiku) left them behind. Those structures did not follow him,\u201d Keyamo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will give him one million votes out of those 6.9 million. The rest are PDP votes. The governors, senators, house of representatives members \u2014 he didn\u2019t take one away, except for that Sokoto governor following him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest Atiku, who has now pitched his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is working on an alliance with Obi\u2019s Labour Party ahead of the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>But Keyamo dismissed the proposed alliance, describing it as a political gimmick aimed at leveraging Obi\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce Obi is his deputy, it would look like he\u2019s hiding behind one finger because they are trying to get Obi\u2019s vote without giving him the ticket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cADC is Atiku\u2019s party, the earlier Obi knows that, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obi, a former Anambra governor, has already declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku has yet to officially declare his ambition but has hinted at continued involvement in efforts to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minister said proposed Atiku-Obi alliance is a tactic to exploit Obi\u2019s popularity without genuinely offering him the presidential ticket. 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