Aliyu Audu, a former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, has revealed that during his entire tenure as a presidential aide, he never had a single meeting with the President.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Audu said President Tinubu was highly inaccessible, even to those working closely within the corridors of power.
“I didn’t meet him for once all through my stay as one of his assistants,”
Audu said bluntly during the interview.
The former aide, who recently resigned from his position, described the President’s style of leadership as disconnected from those around him.
He expressed concern that Tinubu surrounds himself with a select group of individuals, rather than engaging broadly with his team or the Nigerian people.
According to Audu, such a leadership approach is not what the country needs as it looks toward the 2027 general election.
“In 2027, Nigerians need a leader who would make himself accessible to the people and not to a select few,”
he stressed.
Audu went on to declare his intention to actively oppose Tinubu’s re-election, citing the President’s inaccessibility and lack of inclusive governance as key reasons.
His remarks come amid growing criticism of the current administration’s handling of key national issues, with some former insiders—like Audu—now publicly voicing dissent.
