Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - A former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, has declared that he resigned from his position in the current administration to actively campaign against Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
Audu made this disclosure while speaking on Monday during an
interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, saying his decision was
driven by a matter of principle and conscience.
He also alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress,
APC, was attempting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.
“It confirmed it on one hand, and on the other hand, it
strengthened my resolve to not work for him in 2027,” the ex-Special Adviser
referred to Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech where the President claimed to enjoy
seeing the opposition in disarray.
“I couldn’t in all honesty and in my conscience be in his
government knowing I’m plotting against removal in 2027, because I will, and by
God, we will remove him. Collectively, Nigerians will install a leader that
will be our chosen, not his chosen. Not emilokan (my turn), but awa lokan (our
turn), in fact, gbogbo wa lokan (all of us),” he said
Audu also blasted the inclusion of Nyesom Wike, a PDP member
and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, in the APC-led
government, questioning his loyalty and the legitimacy of such a move.
“What is Wike doing in our government? If he’s going to
leave the PDP, he should leave. If we’re doing a government of national unity,
you deal with the party, not individuals. The party is what we vote for — not
Bola Tinubu but APC; not Atiku but PDP; not Peter Obi but Labour Party,” he
stated.
0 Comments