Former Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has stated that the influential figures surrounding President Bola Tinubu pose a greater threat than those around former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Dalung, who served during Buhari’s administration, made this remark during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.
He explained that while Buhari was somewhat detached from the workings of his government, as key figures from the cabals effectively took control, the situation under Tinubu is different.
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Dalung emphasized that while the cabals in Buhari’s time lacked significant education, those surrounding Tinubu are more sophisticated, ambitious, and well-versed in power dynamics.
He pointed out the ability of Tinubu’s allies to manipulate power, establish barriers around the president, and limit the flow of information and human interaction with him.
In July 2024, Tinubu, who narrowly emerged victorious in the closely contested February 2023 election and was inaugurated on May 29, 2023, firmly declared that he was not beholden to any cabal or influential figures.
However, Dalung said, “Of course, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had cabals. That is known and that I have attested to. But I am saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabals were made up of people who were not quite informed, with little experience in politics, public administration, and governance. And so, their activities were more or less limited to their parochial view of understanding power relations and exchanging hands to help themselves with the public purse.
“But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabal is made up of sophisticated and ambitious group of people who had a long history in power. They are experienced, they are educated, and so they have sound knowledge of what power is.
“And since they are an ambitious set of people, the presidency will suffer more than that of President Muhammadu Buhari because of their capacity to manipulate power, their capacity to also build security barricade around the president and stifle information from getting to the president except that which they wanted, and then the control of those they would want to access the president.
“These cabals are masters, and therefore, are more dangerous than any cabal in the history of this country.”
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