2027: Keyamo Exposes Opposition’s ‘Propaganda Stunt’

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has accused the opposition of staging poster-destruction videos as a “propaganda stunt” aimed at discrediting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election.

In a post on his X handle, Keyamo shared a video of a man he described as “a sponsored thug of the opposition” tearing down APC posters while brandishing a weapon.

He insisted the incident was not spontaneous. “It is planned as a propaganda stunt because someone deliberately set a camera to record and circulate it,” he said, adding that similar staged incidents were occurring in other parts of the country.

According to the minister, the goal is to create a false impression of widespread public anger. “The interpretation and spin given to these incidents is that the President has been ‘rejected’ by ‘angry’ Nigerians. Meanwhile, this is just one voter amongst 93,469,008 registered voters in Nigeria,” Keyamo stated.

He also accused sections of the media of double standards, claiming there was “no condemnation, but subtle praise by paid blogs and journalists.

”Keyamo contrasted the video with an incident in Lagos State the previous week, where two or three persons were seen covering an opposition party’s posters with those of the President. 

He noted that while that act was also inexcusable, some prominent morning TV programmes and paid blogs quickly branded the individuals as “thugs of the ruling party,” amplified the videos, and raised alarms about “intimidation” and democracy being in danger.

The minister stressed that he was not calling for retaliation by APC supporters. “This is not a call on the teeming APC supporters to retaliate in any form, but this should prick the conscience of all men of goodwill,” he said.

He described the opposition’s strategy as clear: “make the ruling party look so bad and unelectable as a basis of rejecting their apparent defeat come January 16, 2027.”

Keyamo urged the international community to take note of the actions of what he called a “defeated, disorganised, disoriented and confused opposition.” 

He pointed out that despite these efforts, the opposition lost woefully in recent by-elections held across five regions of the country, predicting the same outcome awaits them on January 16, 2027.