{"id":172406,"date":"2025-08-04T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-peter-obi-cant-penetrate-north-keyamo"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:22:14","slug":"2027-peter-obi-cant-penetrate-north-keyamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-peter-obi-cant-penetrate-north-keyamo","title":{"rendered":"2027: Peter Obi can\u2019t penetrate North \u2013 Keyamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, says opposition arrowhead, Peter Obi cannot penetrate northern Nigeria and garner votes like the incumbent president, Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo made this statement on Sunday, when he appeared on \u2018Politics Today\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have political structures in place in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Aviation Minister further blasted the opposition coalition floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, saying it won\u2019t go far.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo, who said the oppositions are not going anywhere in terms of democracy, added that they are putting the APC on its toes to enable them to work better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you put Peter Obi this time as president, he cannot penetrate the north. We have our structures in the north. We have governors and our structures in the North,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, says opposition arrowhead, Peter Obi cannot penetrate northern Nigeria and garner votes like the incumbent president, Bola Tinubu. Keyamo made this statement on Sunday, when he appeared on \u2018Politics Today\u2019, a programme on Channels Television. 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