Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that there is a cabal in the Bola Tinubu’s government with people who are more informed and sophisticated than those who formed the cabal in Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency.
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In the political space, a cabal refers to highly-placed individuals in a government who have hijacked it and run it their own way.
Dalung said these individuals keep the president out of the loop, shield him from prevailing realities and ward off anyone trying to bring him up to speed.
He said while the cabal in President Buhari’s government were just after what they could get, those in Tinubu’s government have been in power for a long time, well informed, sophisticated and more dangerous.
He disclosed this during a chat with Journalist, Seun Okinbaloye in the podcast ‘Mic On.’
Dalung who was axed from Buhari’s government after the first term cited an example where some information he gave to President Buhari regarding insecurity were not readily available to him because those in position to do so were shielding him from the real situation on ground.
“Cabal exists in Nigeria’s presidency till today. Tinub has the most sophisticated cabal, worse than Buhari.” He said
“Buhari’s cabal was a group of uninformed people with little experience, that was why they were dipping their hands in everything that was available, but Tinubu’s cabal is a sophisticated group of people who have been long in power, they know power, and they are also informed. So they are more dangerous than any other cabal that I’ve ever known and seen.”
Dalung further disclsoed that he is not afraid of death and being attacked after his statement as he has survived ten assassination attempts already and believes he will one die when his time has come.
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