{"id":119556,"date":"2025-06-09T20:07:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119556"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:07:45","slug":"tinubus-aide-audu-resigns-as-apc-weakens-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubus-aide-audu-resigns-as-apc-weakens-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s aide, Audu resigns as APC weakens opposition\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Th Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, has tendered his resigned from Pesident Bola Tinubu&#8217;s cabinet, over plots by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to push the country into a one-party state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a resignation letter dated June 8 and submitted via the President\u2019s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, Audu stated, \u201cI write to formally tender my resignation as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, effective immediately.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He stated that his resignation was not an act of rebellion, but a matter of principle and conscience. He expressed reservations with the efforts to stifle political opposition in Nigeria and turn the country to a one party system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThough I do not align with the PDP, I refuse to be used directly or indirectly as an instrument to reduce Nigeria to a one-party state,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThat would be a betrayal of both divine favour and democratic principle.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He criticised the current administration\u2019s approach to dissent, warning against authoritarian tendencies reminiscent of past regimes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf 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,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, democracy should be anchored on ideological diversity rather than political dominance, calling the suppression of opposition voices \u201cpolitically reckless\u201d and \u201cspiritually dangerous.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He expressed support for some of President Tinubu\u2019s economic reforms, stressing however that he could no longer align himself with the administration\u2019s political direction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He specifically pointed at what he called the \u201cunholy alliance\u201d between President Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike as emblematic of a broader departure from progressive values.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe just differ on political views as I pride myself with being a progressive and a promoter of democratic values, which seems to be lost in the unholy alliance of President Tinubu with Wike,\u201d he stated.<\/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>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja Th Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, has tendered his resigned from Pesident Bola Tinubu&#8217;s cabinet, over plots by the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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