President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has alleged that displaced politicians within the opposition coalition are attempting to provoke tensions between supporters of Tinubu and those of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Bwala made the statement on Friday, clarifying that certain Buhari loyalists had misrepresented comments made by ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
Recent reports had quoted Mustapha as saying Tinubu played no significant role in Buhari’s 2015 presidential victory, attributing the win instead to Buhari’s 12 million votes.
Dismissing the claims, Bwala likened the opposition coalition to a “hydra-headed octopus” seeking to rewrite history. In a post on X, he stated: “These internally displaced politicians are using their media allies to fabricate a rift between Buhari’s and Tinubu’s supporters.
They twisted Boss Mustapha’s words and even falsely linked an article to Garba Shehu to provoke me. Their efforts failed because Shehu and I resolved the matter directly.”
He further criticized the opposition, describing their actions as a futile attempt to distort facts and reignite old disputes.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
