{"id":196767,"date":"2026-03-16T01:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubus-self-contest-and-buharis-role-in-presidency"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:35:00","slug":"tinubus-self-contest-and-buharis-role-in-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubus-self-contest-and-buharis-role-in-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu&#8217;s Self-Contest and Buhari&#8217;s Role in Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Dele Momodu, former presidential candidate, on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu wants to contest against himself, adding that he\u2019s against opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu made the remark while noting that without the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu won\u2019t have been Nigerian President.<\/p>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cYou can imagine how much Tinubu can generate from Lagos State alone not to talk of national, and when you have an absolute ruler everything is available to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if I\u2019m with Atiku it shows you it is people who have genuine interest of the country, I believe there must be opposition politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be opposition candidates but Tinubu wants to contest against himself and it doesn\u2019t make sense to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see all these rabble rausing they are doing up and down, giving you fake statistics up and down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook Buhari handed over to Tinubu, but for Buhari it would have been impossible for Tinubu to be president today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Dele Momodu, former presidential candidate, on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu wants to contest against himself, adding that he\u2019s against opposition. Momodu made the remark while noting that without the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu won\u2019t have been Nigerian President. 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