The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, will fail the popularity test in the North ahead of the 2023 elections.

This came as deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Organisation, Hannatu Musawa, expressed optimism that the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would benefit immensely from the bloc votes of the incumbent President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in next year’s poll.

The two APC spokespersons spoke in two separate interviews in Abuja on Sunday.

Musawa believed the party’s standard-bearer stands a good chance in the election.

“The bloc votes will work to our advantage. This is because the election will happen before President Buhari leaves. Whatever the case may be, even though he is going to leave next year, it is not going to happen till after the election,” she said.

Meanwhile, Keyamo, a spokesman for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, was also upbeat that his principal would secure bloc votes to win the election.

He said, “I am optimistic that the structures that worked to get us those bloc votes are still with us.”

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria also said both Atiku and Kwankwaso cannot have the kind of acceptability that Buhari enjoys.

“Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso do not have the popularity, acceptability, street credibility and the kind of integrity that Buhari has that made him a rave in the North,” he said.

Reacting to the Keyamo’s statement, Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, said if Tinubu hopes to ride on the bloc votes of Buhari, he must equally be prepared to share in the failures of his government in the last seven years.

.Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso do not have the popularity, acceptability, street credibility and the kind of integrity that Buhari has that made him a rave in the North,” he said.

cyril10:
Foolish and stupid statement from a shameless political jobber, Atiku and Kwankwaso has more street credibility than grandpa Emilokan

Zonefree:

We've seen where Buhari's popularity, acceptability, street credibility and integrity landed us

Zonefree:

We've seen where Buhari's popularity, acceptability, street credibility and integrity landed us

APCnaPDP:
Tinubu will struggle very well in the north, this is the fact. I want to assume he will do very well in the SW but his nose will get bloodied in NE and NW.

Reacting to the Keyamo’s statement, Atiku’s media adviser.... if Tinubu hopes to ride on the bloc votes of Buhari, he must equally be prepared to share in the failures of his government in the last seven years.

lhordspy:
Keyanmo shouldn't have been a lawyer. He should be the principal of school of savagery !


What do you mean by Atiku and kwankwaso?



Where do you put our social media president?
Do you mean he isnt worth mentioning or insignificant to even be talked about when discussing real voters?

This is unfair now, infact Keyamo, you are going straight to hell ! You will burn for this.

LeoDeKing:

I doubt you understand what the expression "street credibility" connotes.

Besides, you obviously need some classes in English language.

A pupil in nursery 2 would have written the emboldened as: Atiku and Kwankwaso have...

Start attending some classes, it will do you more good than following Peter Obi up and down. I hope you are aware Peter Obi graduated with 3rd Class in Philosophy.