The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has said heaven will not fall if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not on the ballot for the 2027 presidential election.

MyNigeria reported that Atiku's candidacy in the African Democratic Congress was nullified by a federal high court ruling on Thursday.

The judgment has been rejected by Atiku and his party, slamming the timing and vowing to file an appeal.

Reacting, Keyamo slammed Atiku and the ADC's reception of the judgment, urging them to accept it in the same manner the All Progressives Congress did when it suffered a similar ruling.

He shared on X, "On February 13, 2020, when the Supreme Court nullified the victory of the APC Governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, a day to his swearing in (when he was in fact inspecting the stadium to be used), the APC took it with equanimity on the chin.

"When the Supreme Court in 2019 stripped all the APC victorious candidates from top to bottom (Governor to House of Assembly) of their victories at the polls in Zamfara State and replaced them with the PDP candidates that all lost at the polls, this is what Atiku Abubakar said at the time.👇👇That judgment was against the ruling party. We took it on our chins.

"You cannot abuse judges and blackmail the judiciary when it doesn’t go your way. Heavens WILL NOT FALL IF A CERTAIN ATIKU ABUBAKAR IS NOT ON THE BALLOT IN 2027."

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