Keyamo defends FCT polls, accuses opposition parties of trying to incite unrest in Abuja

Barr. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has defended the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections, accusing opposition parties of attempting to incite unrest in Abuja.

In a post on X, Keyamo said allegations of widespread irregularities in the polls were exaggerated and driven by propaganda.

“This set of opposition fellows are a bunch of lazy and shameless characters. The futile excuses they give for losing elections have become their opium to numb their pain, disappointment and shame for their rejection by the electorate after all their theatrics and grandstanding. Nigerians are NOT FOOLS,” he wrote.

Keyamo said the opposition relied on alleged discrepancies in a few polling units to question the credibility of the entire election.

“Out of a total of 2,822 polling units in FCT, they display result sheets that were corrected (for whatever reason) in less than 10 units to attempt to prove that THE WHOLE ELECTION was marred by irregularities. Even in some of these units, the corrected figures favour their own Party(ies).

“Assuming it is even 50 units that had corrected (or mutilated) sheets, that leaves you with over 2,770 units,” he said.

The minister accused the opposition of using what he described as flawed reasoning to generate public anxiety.

“They go further to use this flawed logic to create mass hysteria that ‘our democracy is in danger’ and attempt to stir social unrest amongst unsuspecting Nigerians.

“THE ONLY ELECTION THAT CAN BE FREE AND FAIR, IN THEIR OWN WARPED MINDS, IS WHEN THE RULING PARTY LOSES.

“These guys are prepared only for propaganda, not elections. It is as simple as that,” he stated.

The APC has won three out of the chairmanship positions announced so far in the just concluded area council elections in the FCT.