- He disclosed that he resigned from the APC six months into Buhari’s first term as the president after it became clear that his objectives did not include growing and developing the country
Former presidential political adviser, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Wednesday claimed that President Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambition to rule Nigeria was not fuelled by altruism or national interest.
While featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed said the duo became president for personal reasons.
He disclosed that he resigned from the APC six months into Buhari’s first term as the president after it became clear that his objectives did not include growing and developing the country.
He also said he has not joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition because “I have a party. I’m a member of the PRP.”
He said, “I was the chairman of the APC in my state for three years. I was the chairman when we transitioned from CPC and went into the coalition with Tinubu’s party.
“About six months into Buhari’s presidency I resigned my membership of the party because I could see then that I didn’t think that Buhari became president to run the country.”
He added that there are so many similarities between the way Buhari manage the affairs of Nigeria and the way Tinubu is also doing.
“I think he just wanted to become a president, just six months into that and I left. I think there are some similarities between Tinubu and Buhari, they both wanted to become president for personal reasons more than anything else.
“I think that they have laboured in the political process for so long that it became about them and that is the wrong reason to seek political power.
“You want power so that you can govern people and improve things, but it must never be about you.”
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