2023 Election To Be Postponed? Finally, Those Who Don't Want Polls To Hold Have Been Exposed

2023 Election To Be Postponed? Finally, Those Who Don't Want Polls To Hold Have Been Exposed

  • The spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has washed clean politicians who are against the 2023 election
  • Keyamo, who is also the minister of state for Labour and Employment, revealed that non-state actors are the real culprits against the realisation of the 2023 election
  • According to the minister, Nigerians need to condemn the moral stance of these non-state actors who are threats to human life and property in the name of fighting for freedom

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Festus Keyamo, the minister of state for labour and employment and lead spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said those who do not want the 2023 election to hold are not politicians.

Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, the chieftain of the APC, said those who are against the realisation of the 2023 election are non-state actors.

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Keyamo says non-state actors, not politicians are against the holding of 2023 elections Photo Credit: Independent National Electoral Commission
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Non-state actors, not politicians against the 2023 election, Keyamo claims

According to Keyamo, the threat has been there before the election, because these non-state actors don't believe in the existence of Nigeria as a nation.

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He then urged Nigerians not to mix up the polity and condemn the actions of the non-state actors in their entirety.

The minister posited that security issues should not only be left in the hand of the security agency, adding that everybody has a role to play.

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He stressed that:

"We must, first of all, knock the moral force out of their argument that it is good to use violence to express themselves."

Keyamo maintained that if Nigerians can speak against the moral stance of the non-state actors who caused insecurity in the name of fighting for freedom, then every action that security agencies take against them will be justified.

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APC blasts PDP, reveals final position on cancellation, postponement of 2023 Election

APC jittery as Atiku enters talks with 11 small political parties

In an earlier report by Legit.ng, the PDP disclosed that it has entered into a discussion with about 11 small political parties ahead of the 2023 poll.

The development was disclosed by the deputy national publicity secretary of the PDP, barely 24 hours that a similar report emanated from the camp of the APC.

Abdullahi added that the small political parties have approached the largest opposition for a credible election in 2023.

Atiku silences APC, returns to Nigeria from London, video emerges

The PDP presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, has returned to Nigeria after spending days on his London trip.

A video of the former vice president's arrival was shared by an ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, on his social media handle on Friday.

In the video, Atiku was accompanied by Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel, his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal and other top PDP chieftains.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng