Senator Aminu Tambuwal has publicly declared his support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over President Bola Tinubu in a potential 2027 presidential contest. The former Governor of Sokoto State also firmly ruled out any possibility of defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Tambuwal stated that President Tinubu is not the same person he once collaborated with during the struggle for democracy.
“If Atiku is running and Bola Tinubu is, I will not support Tinubu,” Tambuwal said. Regarding a potential run by Peter Obi, he added, “On Obi if that situation presents itself, I will decide.”
Explaining his steadfast opposition to the APC, Tambuwal called it a “personal decision,” citing his disapproval of the party’s governance. “I will not join APC… I do not believe in the way the country is being run currently,” he emphasized.
He recalled his role as the Director-General of Atiku’s 2023 presidential campaign, noting that he had warned Nigerians about the potential for hardship under a Tinubu administration.
“We went round this country to warn Nigerians against voting for Tinubu and his party,” Tambuwal said. “I can’t say that I’m disappointed because it’s clear, he is appearing to be different from what I knew of him in the past.”
The lawmaker pointed to his foresight, stating, “I saw the way APC was driving Nigeria to where it is today as far back in 2018 and I left in August 2018.”
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.
