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2027: 'Tinubu doing politics, wickedness since becoming president' – Atiku's aide replies Alake
The Senior Political Assistant to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarewaju, on Monday accused President Bola Tinubu of “doing politics and wickedness” since assuming office in 2023.
Olarewaju said that instead of ensuring good governance, Tinubu had been busy wooing state governors to support his re-election bid in 2027.
He made the remark in reaction to an explanation by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, on why Tinubu would not visit all states to campaign.
Speaking during the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja, Tinubu said he could not visit all states for campaign activities because he would be focusing on governance.
Commenting on Tinubu’s position, Alake said the president had chosen 12 states to visit because they were “election deciders.”
Alake said, “The 12 states that President Tinubu chose to campaign in are actually election deciders; he should be commended for that. He is not going to abandon governance for campaigning.”
Faulting Alake’s remarks, Olarewaju insisted that Tinubu had no achievements to campaign on.
In a post on X, he wrote, “Bola Tinubu has been doing politics and wickedness since Day One instead of good governance, he was wooing Governors instead.
“Now time for campaign, but no achievement to campaign with. Instead, they want to pretend he’s too busy with governance. #TinubuMustGo abeg.”
2027: ‘Tinubu doing politics, wickedness since becoming president’ – Atiku’s aide replies Alake
Segun Showunmi, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has defended his wife’s redeployment to head the Electoral Operations Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Showunmi said his role in Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign had nothing to do with his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, securing the position.
According to him, the posting was purely an internal administrative decision by the commission, urging those questioning it to examine her track record.
He made the remarks on Channels Television, where he became agitated after the presenter asked whether his wife’s new role was compensation for his political activities.
The controversy began after INEC redeployed Oluyemi, who was the commission’s administrative secretary in Lagos State, to its national headquarters to head Electoral Operations ahead of the 2027 elections.
In the reshuffle, Isah Magaji Gummi, who previously headed Electoral Operations, was moved to the Voter Registry Department, while Oluyemi took over his former position.
Reacting to insinuations linking his political activities to his wife’s elevation, Showunmi described her as a career INEC officer who had spent her entire working life with the commission.
He said she joined INEC immediately after completing her National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, programme in Maiduguri and had remained with the commission ever since, adding that her redeployment was an internal arrangement unrelated to him.
“That’s a civil servant you are talking about there. She’s a level 17 officer. Up till this posting, which comes within their own organisation and has nothing to do with anybody, I’m not even sure the President knows,” Showunmi said.
2027: Tinubu’s campaigner, Showunmi defends wife’s new INEC role
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