Buhari saw Tinubu as ‘Bad News’ for Nigeria — Baba-Ahmed
— PRP chairman says ex-president resisted pressure to back Tinubu in 2023 Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, national chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari was reluctant to…
The claim touches on long-running speculation about the relationship between Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu, two dominant figures in the All Progressives Congress (APC) whose alliance was widely credited with the party's rise to power in 2015. Despite their shared political history, persistent rumours of friction between the two men surfaced throughout Buhari's eight years in office, especially around the question of succession ahead of the 2023 election, with various insiders and politicians over the years offering conflicting accounts of how much support Buhari actually gave Tinubu's presidential ambition.
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former presidential spokesman turned opposition politician now leading the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), is known for outspoken commentary on northern Nigerian politics and the inner workings of past administrations. Both Vanguard and Daily Trust report his claim that Buhari viewed a Tinubu presidency as harmful to the country and pushed back against political pressure to endorse him, though neither outlet's excerpt provides further detail on when or how Baba-Ahmed came by this information, or any response from Buhari's or Tinubu's camps.