Atiku Is A Butterfly That Thinks It Is A Bird – Keyamo

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has accused the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of being jittery over the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign rally in Kaduna State.

Keyamo made the allegation in a put up on his official X account on Saturday, claiming that Atiku was anxious about President Bola Tinubu’s rising political energy in Northern Nigeria forward of the 2027 presidential election.

In a press release titled: “Why Atiku Abubakar Is Particularly Jittery About The Kaduna Flag-Off,” Keyamo alleged that the previous vice-president had launched on-line assaults towards the APC in an try to undermine assist for Tinubu within the area.

He accused Atiku’s camp of staging movies displaying people tearing down the President’s marketing campaign posters and circulating what he described as disinformation concerning the monetary sources deployed for the Kaduna rally.

Keyamo particularly referenced an alleged letter claiming that N2.3 trillion had been earmarked for the rally, describing it as faux.

According to him, the alleged ways had been supposed to create the impression that Tinubu had been rejected by voters in Northern Nigeria.

“The intention is to generate a hoopla that will create a groundswell of public opinion that President Tinubu has been “massively rejected” within the North,” he stated.

The minister argued that Atiku was relying closely on Northern votes to safe victory within the 2027 presidential election, including that the previous vice-president had restricted prospects of gaining vital assist within the South.

Keyamo additional claimed that Atiku’s electoral calculations had been being undermined by the APC’s political buildings within the North.

“However, with the solid APC structures in the North backing the President, Atiku Abubakar has seen that his demographic calculation for the 2027 elections regarding northern votes is dissolving like Andrews Liver Salts in water,” he stated.

He additionally argued that Atiku’s anticipated efficiency in components of the North wouldn’t be adequate to ensure victory if Tinubu secured substantial assist within the Middle Belt and Southern states.

Keyamo cited the 2023 presidential election, claiming that Atiku misplaced throughout all North-Central states and all Southern states besides Osun State.

The minister additionally in contrast Atiku’s political calculations with these of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who secured substantial Northern assist through the 2015 presidential election.

He stated Atiku had did not recognise the variations between his political standing and Buhari’s, alleging that corruption-related considerations would have an effect on the previous vice-president’s electoral prospects.

“Atiku Abubakar thinks he’s the Buhari of 2015, who swept the Northern votes. He thinks that was a show of ethnic assist. He fails to understand that his corruption-laden previous places him poles aside from a Muhammadu Buhari, and that Northerners don’t tolerate such individuals with the putrid scent of corruption.

“Atiku Abubakar is a butterfly that thinks it is a bird,” Keyamo stated.

The APC presidential campaign rally is holding at the moment, Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Kaduna Township Stadium in Kaduna State. It marks the official flag-off of President Bola Tinubu’s marketing campaign for re-election within the 2027 presidential election.