{"id":115746,"date":"2024-12-16T21:32:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115746"},"modified":"2024-12-16T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:32:58","slug":"buhari-was-used-to-eliminate-jonathan-then-dumped-ex-minister-dalung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-was-used-to-eliminate-jonathan-then-dumped-ex-minister-dalung\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari was used to eliminate Jonathan, then dumped \u2013 Ex-Minister, Dalung"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1818609568125301224\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was used to eliminate his predecessor, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1818609568125301224-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDalung said the political elites, however, dumped Buhari after using him to eliminate Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>The former Minister spoke while featuring on Seun Okinbaloye\u2019s podcast, Mic On.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that the political elites hijacked Buhari\u2019s government from him after he was used.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dalung: \u201cBuhari was used and dumped, his charisma was needed at that point in time by the political elites to eliminate Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd shortly after Buhari had taken over power, these sets of political elites emerged and hijacked the government and Buhari was a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say this at any point in time that Buhari was a stranger in his own government and I can collaborate this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to see the president when I was out of office in 2020 and I told him \u2018Mr president this wasn\u2019t what we told Nigerians, we campaigned and convinced Nigerians and when I look at the type of investment the common people put in our government and here we are today with insecurity.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was used to eliminate his predecessor, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. 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