Atiku fires Seyi Tinubu as NANS' factional president accuses Nigeria's first son of assault, see full details

• Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called connected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently rein successful Seyi Tinubu
• The 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of the PDP said Seyi appeared determined to acquisition governmental loyalty for his begetter by immoderate means necessary, including coercion, violence, and intimidation
• Atiku scolded the president pursuing the “serious allegations" made by a factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering elections, politics, and governance successful Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar has said President Bola Tinubu indispensable urgently rein successful his household members, peculiarly his son, Seyi Tinubu, to support order.

The telephone by the statesmanlike hopeful was contained successful a connection connected Friday, May 2, signed by Paul Ibe, a cardinal subordinate of Atiku's media office. The connection was obtained by Legit.ng.

Atiku tackles Seyi Tinubu and president implicit NANS' Isah's claims. Photo credits: @atiku, @Tochi_nwa042
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Legit.ng recalls that Atiku Abubakar Isah, an idiosyncratic who claimed to beryllium the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), precocious accused Seyi of assault, bribery, and attempted abduction.

Pictures of a battered antheral who appeared to beryllium Isah trended connected X (formerly Twitter).

During a property league connected Wednesday, April 30, Isah alleged that Seyi and the curate of younker improvement Ayodele Olawande, offered him a N100 cardinal bribe successful Lagos to beforehand the president.

According to Isah, helium rejected the offer, stating that helium could not beforehand a president who had not delivered results. He claimed that, upon refusal, plans were made to abduct him.

Reacting to the allegations, Atiku alleged that Seyi is "determined to acquisition governmental loyalty for his begetter by immoderate means necessary, including coercion, violence, and intimidation".

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said:

"The superior allegations made by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Atiku Isah — alleging carnal assault, abduction, and inducement astatine the hands of Seyi Tinubu — are profoundly alarming and onslaught astatine the halfway of antiauthoritarian norms and civilian liberty. That specified sedate accusations are being levelled against a subordinate of the archetypal household is some disturbing and dangerous."Had this incidental ended fatally, it would person been recorded among the increasing database of atrocities committed by transgression elements successful the country. That it is allegedly tied to the President’s ain lad makes it adjacent much horrifying. What’s worse is the emerging proposition that adjacent apical information officials are not beyond Seyi Tinubu’s overreaching power — an unacceptable compromise of authorities institutions."It is intolerable that the archetypal household would question to subjugate the NANS — oregon immoderate civilian nine radical — done threats, bribes, oregon brute force. Nigeria is simply a antiauthoritarian republic, not a monarchy handed down to 1 family."

Furthermore, Atiku urged "well-meaning Nigerians" to compulsorily talk out, adding that the alleged actions of the president’s household indispensable beryllium condemned unequivocally.

Atiku said:

"We indispensable punctual them that the presidency is simply a nationalist trust, not a backstage inheritance."

NANS 'leader' vs Seyi Tinubu; Atiku says not involved

Speaking further, the erstwhile vice-president alleged that determination are attempts to resistance him into the purported ungraded by alleging a governmental confederation with Isah.

Describing it arsenic "baseless, malicious, and desperate", Atiku asserted that Isah’s nationalist stances indispensable beryllium evaluated based connected fact.

Atiku said:

"The allegations of maltreatment helium has made request an autarkic investigation, particularly since the precise agencies meant to support citizens look complicit successful his ordeal."We contented a wide warning: thing indispensable hap to this young man. Any harm to him volition not spell unnoticed oregon unchallenged. Nigerians merit truth, accountability, and a enactment that respects the regularisation of instrumentality — not a authorities that weaponises powerfulness to soundlessness dissent."

Seyi Tinubu denies engagement successful NANS crisis

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the contention surrounding the enactment of NANS took a twist connected Friday, May 2, arsenic Seyi Tinubu denied allegations linking him to the interior situation rocking the association.

In a connection posted via his Instagram account, Seyi refuted the accusations made by Atiku Isah, who claimed to beryllium the NANS President, describing them arsenic mendacious and defamatory.

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Source: Legit.ng