Cabal in Tinubu’s goverment more dangerous than Buhari’s – Dalung

Ex-Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has alleged the cabal around President Bola Tinubu is more dangerous than the one that existed during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Dalung stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.

He claimed that Tinubu’s cabal comprises highly educated, ambitious, and refined individuals who possess an intricate understanding of power dynamics.

According to him, this makes them more adept at manipulating governance and isolating the president.

“They are educated and have a sound knowledge of what power is,” he said. “Their capacity to manipulate power, stifle information, and control access to the president makes them more dangerous than any cabal in the history of this country.”

Dalung compared this to Buhari’s cabal, which he described as less sophisticated, and composed of individuals with limited political and administrative experience. He argued that while Buhari’s cabal had parochial motives, their lack of strategic depth mitigated their overall influence.

“Of course, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had a cabal,” Dalung stated. “But they were people who were not quite informed, who had little experience in politics, public administration, and governance. Their activities were limited to their narrow understanding of power relations and self-interest.”

The former minister criticised the denial of cabals’ existence in Nigerian governance, saying it would be unjust to future generations. “It would be very, very unfair to posterity to deny the existence of such a dangerous political element that takes over power and pursues ulterior motives using the popular manifesto that was used to gain power.”