Charles Omole, a lawyer and author, says the cabal in the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari administration often planted stories in newspapers for the commander-in-chief’s reading pleasure.
Omole spoke on Thursday, in an interview on Channels
Television, pertaining to the newly launched biography titled: ‘From Soldier to
Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’.
The lawyer authored the biography that highlights some of
the legacies of Buhari, who served as civilian president from 2015 to 2023.
Speaking about some of the details in the book, the author
said every Nigerian president since 1999 had their own cabal that shaped and
influenced policies.
Omole said a clique is “not necessarily a bad thing” in an
administration if they share the interests of the president and they can become
a “force multiplier”.
The lawyer said in the Buhari-led administration, there was
an “overarching” cabal while in the Tinubu government, there are five different
cabals.
The author said the five cabals in the Tinubu administration
are Femi Gbajabiamila’s group, Seyi Tinubu’s camp, Remi Tinubu, the principal
private secretary’s camp, and geriatric’s camp headed by Tinubu himself.
“Like I said in the book, every president, since 1999, had
his own cabal,” he said.
“The current one (Tinubu’s administration) is slightly more
complicated. He has more than one cabal. Every president has their own cabal.
“Cabal is not necessarily a bad thing like I said in the
book. The cabals can become a force multiplier. If they share the intention of
the leaders they can help magnify his programmes and help achieve much better
things.
“But the problem comes when cabals have their own agenda.
“For example, there are things I actually did not include in
the book that I felt were probably too hot to put in the book.
“One of the things about Buhari is that he loved reading
newspapers. Everybody knows that right from his early days, he was a newspaper
man.
“There were reports that the cabals went to the extent of
creating his own newspaper. They would plant stories that they want him to
read.
“The challenge, of course, with someone like Buhari is that
there was one overarching cabal but in this current government, there are
multiple cabals. I think this has its plus and minus.
“This current government, from what I can see, has at least
five cabals. The interesting thing is that one of the cabals is actually headed
by the president himself based on my own analysis.”
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