The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will record clear victory in Saturday’s presidential election without a need for run-off election.
Festus, who is the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said this when he appeared at NAN flagship progamme in Abuja on Sunday.
The minister said he was confidence that Tinubu would get the highest votes and the spread required by the constitution for him to win at first ballot.
He said with the way Nigerian Constitution and its demography were designed vise-a-vise the constitution provision for a runoff, it was almost impossible to have a run-off election.
Keyamo said: “To be honest with you, two parties can easily make the 25 per cent in 24 states and that is the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They have this spread.
“So, let’s be let’s be honest about that. Yes, they have the spread, because they have been parties that have been long in trench and they have structures everywhere.
“APC is more likely to make that 25 per cent, PDP less likely, but possible.
“Labour Party (LP), it is almost impossible. It is not a comical matter is a very factual matter. Factual because it’s a party that I’ve not spend enough time.
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“The whole praise for the LP and I praise them too is that they have done a lot of work within short time.”
Keyamo commended the Labour Party (LP) for it relatively large followership, saying, however, it was not a party to beat in the 2023 general election.
“Demographically of course, the LP votes are concentrated only in a part of this country and that was seen during the rallies here and there, even in terms of the proper polls that have been conducted.
“For me, I’ve said this before, it’s not a matter of arrogance, that I can bet anything that’s precious to me, LP cannot win.
“We know the way Nigeria is configured, that is why I said it’s difficult to have a run-off,” the APC campaign council spokesperson added.
Keyamo said the APC doesn’t see the LP as a threat in the 2023 general election, adding that it was not capable of taking over any of the states under its control.
He stated that the LP was a bigger threat to the PDP, especially in the South-East
“LP is projected to take to six states away from the PDP. The whole of eastern states. Most likely they will come to the South South and take one or two away from PDP,” the minister said.
Speaking on the PDP aggrieved governors known as G5 or the Integrity Group, Keyamo said it was unfortunate that the opposition party lacked the capacity to keep its house in order.
He said the development in PDP showed that the party lacked the capacity to unite people together and different interests.
“I am sure you can see how swiftly Tinubu put his house together after the primaries.
“Of course, if the APC had the same different camps and different voices after the primaries, but little by little Tinubu carefully blended everybody together, make sure the house was tight.
“Even if they are decent now, you can see that they’re not speaking out, unlike our brothers on the other side.
“Tinubu has been able to manage these issues but the other side they just went haywire and it also shows the ability of opposition party candidates to unite his house together,” he stated.
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