{"id":119780,"date":"2025-06-16T18:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119780"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:57:47","slug":"why-i-left-tinubus-government-former-aide-audu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/why-i-left-tinubus-government-former-aide-audu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I left Tinubu\u2019s government &#8211; Former aide, Audu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, said that he resigned from President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration because it has disappointed the masses and inflicted pain on Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audu, who sent his resignation letter dated June 8, 2025, through Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that he cannot in good conscience, remain in an administration that is stifling the country\u2019s democratic space.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking on Monday during an interview with journalists, Audu said that his decision was driven by a matter of \u201cprinciple and conscience,\u201d just as he accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that Tinubu\u2019s utterances during Democracy Day celebration confirm that he is happy that the political space is toxic and the opposition is crushed. He said that while he does not support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would not lend himself \u201cas an instrument to reduce Nigeria to a one-party state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt confirmed it on one hand, and on the other hand, it strengthened my resolve to not work for him in 2027,\u201d Audu said, referring to Tinubu\u2019s Democracy Day speech where the president claimed to enjoy seeing the opposition in disarray.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI couldn\u2019t in all honesty and in my conscience, be in his government knowing I\u2019m 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).\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He also criticized the inclusion of Nyesom Wike, a PDP member and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, in the APC-led government, questioning his loyalty and the legitimacy of such a move.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhat is Wike doing in our government? If he\u2019s going to leave the PDP, he should leave. If we\u2019re doing a government of national unity, you deal with the party, not individuals. The party is what we vote for \u2014 not Bola Tinubu but APC; not Atiku but PDP; not Peter Obi but Labour Party.\u201d<\/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>He criticised the Tinubu-led government for allegedly prioritising revenge over national unity, claiming the administration has strayed from the promises made during the campaign.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhen it gets to a stage where our leading figure (the President) prioritises revenge over collective progress. We know what PDP did to the opposition between 2003 and 2007, specifically. We know what former President Olusegun Obasanjo did as president, how he muscled his way into taking the entire Southwest, which was manned by this man (Tinubu) at the time. It didn\u2019t just stop there and it went on, but he (Tinubu) survived it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that he will actively campaign against Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid in 2027 adding that it will be not be fair to do that while still serving in the same government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI think it\u2019s a matter of principle and living for something greater than oneself. It\u2019s about believing that Nigeria is not beyond fixing. It\u2019s about knowing what loyalty is, to what and to whom loyalty should be absolute.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBeing bold enough to make a decision even if it comes at a personal cost. 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