On Tuesday, Daniel Bwala, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, explained that he had previously criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration because he was part of the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party.
He shared this during an appearance on Arise TV’s The Morning Show.
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“I criticised Tinubu’e election and administration in the past because I was in the opposition.
“The opposition’s work is to criticise the sitting government and hold them accountable. My views changed after I met the President, and he saw a need to appoint me,” he said.
Before his appointment, Bwala had accused Tinubu of rigging the election and claimed that the President would struggle with moral legitimacy once he took office.
“Right now, although the presumption of law is in favour of Tinubu until the final determination of the election tribunal and appeals, he will struggle with moral legitimacy (because he rigged the election) for 240 days of his presidency,” Bwala posted on X.
“Eminent scholars, human rights activists, and strong opinion molders who have traditionally been critical are suddenly, for cultural and tribal reasons, throwing their weight behind him in a clandestine way,” he added.
In May 2023, during an interview with Arise Television, Bwala reiterated his accusations, questioning the legitimacy of Tinubu’s victory.
He referred to Tinubu as a “president-select” instead of a “president-elect,” accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission of tampering with the presidential election results.
“We are in court to say it was a rigged process. As long as there is no final determination of the matter, we have every right under law, equity, and justice to express our opinion that he is a president-select and not a president-elect,” Bwala declared.
Bwala’s doubts went back to March 2023 when he maintained in another interview that the PDP had actually won the election.
“We won. If these results were allowed to be read from the result sheet, we won with over one million votes. Nigerian people voted PDP as the winner of this election, but history and posterity will judge,” he maintained.
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