The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has accused opposition parties of orchestrating staged video recordings of campaign poster destructions as a “propaganda stunt” to discredit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election.
In a statement posted on his official X account, Keyamo shared a video showing a man he described as a “sponsored thug” tearing down APC posters while brandishing a weapon.
The minister asserted that the act was deliberately recorded to manufacture a false narrative of widespread public discontent against President Bola Tinubu.
“The interpretation and spin given to these incidents is that the President has been ‘rejected’ by ‘angry’ Nigerians,” Keyamo said. “Meanwhile, this is just one voter amongst 93,469,008 registered voters in Nigeria.”
Keyamo also criticised sections of the media for what he described as double standards.
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He contrasted the coverage of the poster destruction with an incident in Lagos the previous week—where individuals covered opposition posters with President Tinubu’s image—alleging that media outlets labeled the latter as political intimidation while giving subtle praise to opposition-linked stunts.
While urging APC supporters to refrain from retaliating, Keyamo claimed that the opposition’s broader strategy is to paint the ruling party as unelectable to justify their eventual failure at the polls.
“The world should take note of what is happening in Nigeria by a defeated, disorganised, disoriented and confused opposition,” Keyamo stated, expressing confidence that the ruling party would defeat its rivals in the upcoming 2027 elections.
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