{"id":167085,"date":"2025-06-16T19:07:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/audu-plans-tinubus-2027-defeat-after-leaving-govt"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:15:35","slug":"audu-plans-tinubus-2027-defeat-after-leaving-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/audu-plans-tinubus-2027-defeat-after-leaving-govt","title":{"rendered":"Audu Plans Tinubu’s 2027 Defeat After Leaving Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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\u2019s re-election bid in 2027.<\/p>\n

Audu made this disclosure while speaking on Monday during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily, saying his decision was driven by a matter of principle and conscience.<\/p>\n

He also alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was attempting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt confirmed it on one hand, and on the other hand, it strengthened my resolve to not work for him in 2027,\u201d the ex-Special Adviser referred to Tinubu\u2019s Democracy Day speech where the President claimed to enjoy seeing the opposition in disarray.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t in all honesty and in my conscience be in his government knowing I\u2019m 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),\u201d he said<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is Wike doing in our government? If he\u2019s going to leave the PDP, he should leave. If we\u2019re doing a government of national unity, you deal with the party, not individuals. The party is what we vote for \u2014 not Bola Tinubu but APC; not Atiku but PDP; not Peter Obi but Labour Party,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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\u2019s re-election bid in 2027. 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