Ex-presidential aide says he resigned from Tinubu’s Govt to plot his defeat in 2027
Ex-presidential aide says he resigned from Tinubu’s Govt to plot his defeat in 2027
Aliyu Audu, a former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, has announced that he resigned from his position to actively oppose the president’s re-election campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, Audu said his resignation was guided by “principle and conscience.”
He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of pushing Nigeria toward becoming a one-party state, a development he strongly opposes.
“It confirmed it on one hand, and on the other hand, it strengthened my resolve to not work for him in 2027,” Audu said, referring 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 also took aim at the appointment of Nyesom Wike, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory—by the APC-led government.
Audu questioned Wike’s loyalty and criticised the legitimacy of integrating an opposition figure into the cabinet of a ruling party.
“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.”
In his resignation letter dated June 8, Aliyu Audu condemned the political direction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party of systematically stifling opposition voices.
In a subsequent statement, he clarified that although he does not support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he refuses to be used as “an instrument to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.”
“If we now begin to silence or crush opposition simply because we have the upper hand, then we are no different from the very system we once criticised under Obasanjo in 2003,” he said.
