Keyamo mocks PDP, Labour over Mbah’s defection

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has mocked opposition parties following the defection of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a post shared on his official X account on Tuesday, Keyamo taunted the PDP, Labour Party, and African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying he decided to help them “draft” their usual responses before they “recover from the shock” of losing another major figure to the ruling party.

“Before they recover from the shock of their total exit from the South-East and manage to piece together some press statements, let me help the opposition, particularly the fractured PDP, the accidented ADC and the epileptic Labour Party to draft something from which they can take some extracts,” Keyamo wrote.

He went on to mock the expected reactions of the opposition, writing:

“We are not surprised by this cowardly act of the Governor who has been arm-twisted by the APC or President Tinubu, bla bla bla…..
This latest defection of the Governor will not affect the fortunes of the opposition bla bla bla …..
The 2027 election will be between the APC and the Nigerian people bla bla bla…”

Keyamo dismissed such statements as “old and outdated,” claiming Nigerians are now wiser and can see through the opposition’s rhetoric.

“The formats are old and outdated. The true voters and Nigerians are now wiser,” he added.

The minister concluded by hinting that more defections to the APC were imminent, saying:

“I will be back with more drafts for the opposition after the next defection to the APC in a matter of days or weeks.”