Ahead of the 2027 election, Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has suggested that an aspirant has "accepted to be Vice-Presidential candidate".

Keyamo, who stated this in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday, December 29, claimed that the aspirant knows the primary election of an opposition party "has long been concluded."

He tweeted:

"Finally, the chicken is coming home to roost: I understand that someone, somewhere has drafted and redrafted the statement he will release to hoodwink his ‘supporters’ on why he has accepted to be Vice-Presidential candidate after primaries that he knows has long been concluded.

"He has written and torn drafts upon drafts, containing the normal gibberish of ‘my desire to rescue Nigeria’, bla, bla bla. It’s a tough one for him, but we are excited at the prospect of unmasking a true turncoat and a fraud at the coming campaigns. (See the comments after this tweet to identify those whose raw nerves have been seriously affected).

"Please, bookmark this tweet so we can all read his statement with some derision when it is eventually released."

Finally, the chicken is coming home to roost: I understand that someone, somewhere has drafted and redrafted the statement he will release to hoodwink his ‘supporters’ on why he has accepted to be Vice-Presidential candidate after a primaries that he knows has long been…

— Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) (@fkeyamo) December 29, 2025