Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo has dismissed the formation of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) as neither a political coalition nor a merger, calling it a weak attempt to mimic past political successes.
In a statement on his X handle, Keyamo reacted to the emergence of ADA, a new political party recently backed by the Nigerian National Coalition Group (NNCG).
Earlier the same day, opposition figures under the NNCG had submitted an application to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking the registration of ADA ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Responding, Keyamo described the move as a failed effort to replicate the 2013 merger that led to the creation of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He accused the promoters of manufacturing undue excitement around the party’s launch, calling it “psychological warfare against Nigerians” and “a feeble bid for mass appeal.”
Keyamo wrote on X, “This is just a simple application for party registration. There is nothing like a ‘coalition’ here. It is an unnecessary hype the promoters have been struggling to create all along; it is just a psychological warfare on Nigerians – a weak attempt at mass appeal. No recognised existing political party or parties are part of this. If they are thinking of recreating what the APC did in 2013, then this is nothing but a pedestrian joke; a complete mockery of that seismic political coalition that birthed APC in 2013.
“A few individuals exercising their constitutional right to form a new political party cannot be described as a ‘coalition’ or even a ‘merger’. This is not different from several political associations springing up everyday for the same purpose. After all the razzmatazz, it boils down to the fact that a new political party is just attempting registration by a few Nigerians; it is a disappointing anti-climax to all the preceding pomp and pageantry.”
