Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has rubbished reports that the coalition against President Bola Tinubu had formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register a new party named All Democratic Alliance (ADA).
Naijaonpoint reports that Keyamo, in a post via 𝕏, on Friday, June 20, 2025, dismissed the move as overhyped and lacking political substance.
The Minister stated that if the top politicians backing the anti-coalition are thinking of recreating what the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) did in 2013, then it is nothing but a pedestrian joke.
According to Keyamo, no recognised political parties were involved in the application process, unlike the APC.
He added that the group behind the ADA registration comprises only a few individuals exercising their constitutional right, which does not equate to a merger or coalition of parties.
He said, “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”