Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not a party of saints.
In a post on X, Keyamo said it would be unrealistic for anyone to describe the APC—or any political party—as made up entirely of saints. However, he maintained that the ruling party remains Nigeria’s best option.
He referenced an interview he granted to a blog in 2017, noting that part of his comments had been edited out. According to him, he had acknowledged at the time that while the APC was not a party of saints, it was still preferable to the alternative.
“I will be a fool to say APC is a Party of saints. And anyone who declares any party to which he or she belongs as a Party of saints will also be a fool,” he wrote.
Despite this, the minister argued that, on balance, the APC still represents the country’s best hope and warned against a return to the era of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Keyamo added that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whom he referred to as Asiwaju, did not align with the PDP during the period he described, distancing him from what he termed a “battered train” of the opposition party.
