Sunday, 26 July 2026

‘He had access to intelligence’ – Babachir Lawal reveals Buhari’s complaints against Tinubu


<img width="1200" height="714" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Babachir-David-Lawal.gif" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <p>Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that late former President Muhammadu Buhari had longstanding concerns about President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s background despite accepting his political support during the formation of the All Progressives Congress, APC.</p> <p>Lawal made the disclosure during an interview with Symfoni TV released on&nbsp;Saturday.</p> <p>According to him, Buhari had access to intelligence reports concerning Tinubu&#8217;s upbringing, genealogy and educational background even before the APC merger that brought both men together politically.</p> <p>He said Buhari occasionally raised complaints about Tinubu, but he would remind the former president that those issues were already known before they sought Tinubu&#8217;s support.</p> <p>&#8220;So anytime Buhari would complain about the man (Tinubu), I bring up the history and Buhari, being a man of conscience, would agree,&#8221; Lawal said.</p> <p>Asked about Buhari&#8217;s specific complaints, Lawal replied: &#8220;The complaints everybody has. Buhari was a president before he became another president. He had access to intelligence about Tinubu&#8217;s upbringing, about his lack of clear genealogy, his education.</p> <p>&#8220;He knew everything, and that&#8217;s one of the things I used against Buhari.&#8221;</p> <p>Lawal said he reminded Buhari that despite knowing those issues before the APC merger, they still approached Tinubu for political support, which he gave &#8220;wholeheartedly.&#8221;</p> <p>According to him, &#8220;I said, sir, before we went into this merger, before we went into looking for his support before the merger. We knew these things, don&#8217;t you?</p> <p>&#8220;Buhari would say he does. I say okay. So, but yet we asked for his support, and he gave it to us wholeheartedly, along with other things. So how come now suddenly he has become evil?&#8221;</p> <p>Lawal added that he told Buhari it was morally wrong to turn against someone whose support had been accepted despite existing concerns.</p> <p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s Islamic, but certainly for me as a Christian, it&#8217;s unChristian like to bite the finger that fed you.</p> <p>&#8220;At the point you were looking for his support, you knew this. You should have said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want the support of a crook,&#8217; but you didn&#8217;t. So Buhari said yes, thank you, and changed,&#8221; he said.</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/26/he-had-access-to-intelligence-babachir-lawal-reveals-buharis-complaints-against-tinubu/">&#8216;He had access to intelligence&#8217; &#8211; Babachir Lawal reveals Buhari&#8217;s complaints against Tinubu</a></p>

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