Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed what will happen if former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi accepts to be a running mate to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in 2027.
Keyamo disclosed that two demographics that made Obi garner six million votes during the 2023 elections would collapse if he accepts to be Atiku's running mate.
He said Christians and the Southeast will pull out if Obi becomes running mate.
NATIONAL POST reports that those clamouring for an Atiku-Obi ticket, see it as the surebet to defeating President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
However, featuring on Channels Television's Sunday Politics, Keyamo said: "I want to do small expo, but it's an expo that will not help them either way. Do you know what they are working on is that they want to bring Peter Obi and Atiku together.
"Once you make Obi the deputy to Atiku, the Christian demography will pull out of that 6 million votes Obi won in 2023.
"Don't forget that the President also has a pastor who is a wife. So that Christian demographic we will snatch some of them and increase our votes.
"Don't forget too that that South East demography that supported him, once it's Atiku, they will pull out. They will not support him.
"The pastors cannot come out campaigning for an 80 year old Muslim president. They will not do that. So they will lose that demography."
Meanwhile, Obi has pledged to rule for a one-term of four years if elected in 2027.