Solomon Dalung, the former head of youth and sports, claims that the clique that surrounds President Muhammadu Buhari is more dangerous than the cabals that surround him.
The former minister was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.
Dalung, who was a minister during Buhari’s administration, said Buhari was a stranger in his government as members of the cabals took over the running of the administration.
The ex-minister said while members of the cabals around Buhari were not too educated, the powerbrokers around Tinubu are sophisticated, ambitious, and educated, with sound knowledge of power dynamics.
Dalung cited the ability of the cabals in the area of Tinubu to stifle information and traffic from the president.
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In July 2024, Tinubu, who narrowly won a keenly contested election in February 2023, and was sworn in on May 29, 2023, said he was not answerable to any cabal or moneybag.
However, Dalung said, “Of course, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had cabals. That is well known and confirmed by me. But I am saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabals were made up of people who were not quite informed, with little experience in politics, public administration, and governance. Their activities were thus more or less restricted to their cynical approach to analyzing power relations and collaborating with others to help themselves with the public money.
However, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabal is made up of sophisticated and ambitious individuals with a long history of power. They are experienced, they are educated, and so they have sound knowledge of what power is.
Because of their capacity to stifle access to the president and their desire to restrict access to him, the presidency will suffer more than that of President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the report.
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