Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has opened up about his fears following the president’s emergence.
Papers News reports that Bwala, during an interview on Symfoni TV on Saturday, said he once feared that Tinubu would hunt him down politically because of his past criticisms while in opposition.
Speaking on Tinubu’s style of leadership, Bwala said, the president called him to be part of his government when he had decided to leave Nigeria.
He said, “I feared Tinubu would hunt me down. You see this is the dynamics that leadership sometimes get confronted I must be honest.
“And this President Bola Tinubu, look at his trajectory, all the people that have been condemning him, even me, when I was in the opposition I thought that if President Tinubu comes to power he was going to hunt me down.
“That was the year I decided to just go for PhD. Let me just leave Nigeria alone. He never did that the next thing is he called me to come so I can be a part of what is happening in the government’s affairs.”
Meanwhile, Bwala recently revealed that Tinubu made attempts to reconnect with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, after the 2023 presidential election.
According to him, Tinubu reached out to Atiku through some emissaries after taking the oath of office. Bwala explained that the move was part of the president’s efforts to establish communication with the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, despite the tension that followed the election.
The presidential aide said he had firsthand knowledge of the situation because he was still working closely with Atiku at the time. He stated that the men sent by Tinubu reportedly went to Atiku’s residence but were unable to gain access.
Bwala said Atiku instructed that the gate should not be opened for the visitors when they arrived at the residence. He added that the incident showed Tinubu had already made efforts to reach out after assuming office.
