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Did Tinubu, Wike, Soludo, Umahi Take Out Student Loans To Send Children To Universities In UK—Sowore


AAC presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has accused Nigeria's political elite of neglecting public universities while ensuring that their children receive education from top institutions abroad.

In a post shared on his official X account on Monday, 27 July 2026, Sowore claimed that many former and current public officials, including governors, ministers and lawmakers, failed to use their positions to strengthen Nigeria's higher education system.

These are the same people who have served as governors, ministers of education, senators, and other top public officials, yet they never built or strengthened a single university they were proud or comfortable enough to send their own children to.

Instead, they ask ordinary Nigerians to celebrate student loans while millions of families are already overburdened by economic hardship.

Ask yourself: did Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT, Nyesom Wike @GovWike, Charles Soludo @CCSoludo , David Umahi @DaveUmahi, and others take out student loans to send their children to universities in the United Kingdom? The answer is no.

Their children attended some of the best universities abroad, while public universities at home were neglected.

The public resources that should have transformed education for millions of Nigerians instead financed the lifestyles and privileges of a political elite.

If our country is to have a fresh lease of life, these wicked men must be urgently replaced with leadership committed to investing in the education and future of all Nigerians, not just the privileged few.#REVOLUTIONNOW #Sowore2027

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared that Nigeria’s 2027 general election must be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom, following the Court of Appeal’s decision overturning a Federal High Court judgment that sought to remove the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other political parties from Nigeria’s democratic space.

The ruling removes the legal obstacles facing the ADC’s leadership, allowing the party to focus on the 2027 general election instead of fighting battles in court.

In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, Atiku congratulated the Justices of the Court of Appeal for what he described as their courage, fidelity to the Constitution and unwavering commitment to justice, saying the judgment had reinforced public confidence in the judiciary and strengthened constitutional democracy.

“As the nation advances towards the 2027 general elections, political contests must be decided by the votes of Nigerians—not by contrived lawsuits seeking to achieve in the courtroom what cannot be won at the ballot box,” he said.


According to the statement, the appellate court’s ruling, alongside an earlier judgment by Justice Liman of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, affirming the Senator David Mark-led National Executive Committee of the ADC, has effectively brought to an end all litigation challenging the party’s leadership ahead of the 2027 general election.

It said the development firmly establishes the ADC’s legal standing to participate in the polls.

The statement further noted that the Court of Appeal held that the judgment delivered on June 15 by Justice Lifu was a nullity because it was rendered in disobedience to a subsisting order of the appellate court. It added that the respondents lacked the locus standi to institute the action, describing their claims as speculative and legally unsustainable.

It also said the appellate court clarified that Section 225A of the Constitution should be interpreted disjunctively rather than conjunctively, holding that the suit was premature because the Osun and Ekiti election cycles were still ongoing when the action was filed.

According to Atiku, the appellate court also faulted the trial court for disregarding the uncontroverted affidavit evidence presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, confirming that the ADC and the other affected political parties had complied with all constitutional and statutory requirements.

“Having accepted INEC’s evidence, the lower court had no legal basis to manufacture additional conditions in order to arrive at what the Court of Appeal rightly described as a perverse decision,” he added.

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Atiku described the judgment as extending far beyond the fortunes of a single political party, saying it represented a victory for constitutional democracy, the rule of law and every Nigerian who believes in free political competition.

“The strength of a democracy lies not in the exclusion of political opponents but in allowing the people to freely determine their leaders through the ballot,” he stated.

He also cautioned against attempts to weaponise the judiciary and other state institutions for political engineering, warning that such actions could erode public confidence in democratic institutions and weaken the country’s constitutional order.

“The judiciary must never be transformed into a battlefield for eliminating political competitors or shrinking the democratic space,” he warned.

He is hiding in a bunker
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I think it's time everybody got ready for the election. These endless and unnecessary court cases aimed at stopping people from participating should come to an end.

Go to the polls and test your popularity. If you've truly earned the people's trust, they'll vote for you.

And to the ruling APC: if you've governed well, let the voters decide. Using the courts to sideline perceived opponents is undemocratic and weakens public confidence in the electoral process.

And remind me again...what exactly was Tinubu's job before he ventured into politics? I mean, the one he was doing when he forfeited over $460,000 to the U.S. government in a forfeiture case involving funds connected to drug trafficking.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu will contest for a third term if God spares his life.

Lawal disclosed this while insisting that elections are no longer free, fair, and credible in Nigeria.

In an interview with Symponi TV, the former SGF also accused political parties of rigging their primary elections, stressing that the same would happen during the 2027 elections.

He said: “They would allow you to go to polling units pretending that INEC would do some bojuboju and announce the result that has already been handed over to them, I think that’s the end.

“The problem would now be the reaction of the people to that. My own assessment is that every Nigerian should just remain in his house while candidates would go to their courts and SANs’ would collect billions of naira, improvise them further and that’s the end.

“Nigerians would succumb to what we used to say in the military that with one bullet in your rifle you can get one thousand people to surrender because nobody wants to take that one bullet as every Nigerian would just go home and sleep as a lot of people will not come home that day but after the election they would come out to protest.

“They can deceive themselves that they are campaigning, every political parties rigged their primaries, up till now they are still fighting, they are still fighting as everybody can’t beat their chest that we did a free and fair primaries. Bola Tinubu will go for a third term if God gives him the long life to do it.”

.https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/27/tinubu-will-run-for-third-term-if-god-spares-him-babachir-lawal-claims/

Nice one.

I hope the entire stretch of the Coastal Highway from Lagos to Calabar will be completed and commissioned on or before May 29, 2027, when Tinubu hands over. He should leave office with the legacy of having started and completed the Coastal Highway within a single four-year term.

maasoap:
I heard that the man graduated with third class result, lol. No one should be disappointed in him at all

You heard and ran with it instead of checking the facts.

A simple Google search would have cured your self-inflicted ignorance. But then again, when you idolize a certificate fórgér and identity thiéf, anyone with a genuine certificate must look like a Third Class graduate to you.

Bayo Onanuga, the 70-year-old domestic servant, is obviously shameless.

His principal, Tinubu, hardly speaks to the media. He avoids interviews, rarely engages the press, and seems to live in a bunker. Yet here's his media aide claiming Peter Obi's recent interview was a PR disaster.

The irony? Peter Obi is the only presidential candidate consistently speaking to Nigerians and engaging them through the media.

Shantyken:
So aso rock now na bunker simply because ur obi said so

When was the last time Tinubu spoke to nigerians

The truth is that the Tinubu government has no coherent or definitive position on the xenophobic attacks meted out to Nigerians in South Africa.

Tinubu's refusal to see the South African envoy is nothing more than performative malice. Malice is not a foreign policy, and political theatrics are no substitute for serious diplomacy.

naptu2:
🤣 So your issue isn't that the headline isn't correct (every sensible person can see that it is correct), your issue is that you don't want me to post about the NDC?

Boy, do I have news for you!


⚫️ I AM A NIGERIAN, THE NDC IS VYING FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND AND I WILL POST ABOUT THEM.

⚫️ TINUBU'S SUPPORTERS DID NOT ATTACK ME WHEN I DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO THEM. OBIDIENTS ATTACKED ME WHEN I DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO THEM. THEREFORE I HAVE DECIDED TO ENTERTAIN MYSELF BY POSTING ABOUT OBIDIENTS.

⚫️ I WILL POST WHAT I WANT TO POST, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

Goodbye

You just proved it, so the deception was on purpose.

No one said you can't post about the NDC. Post whatever you like. The issue has always been your deceptive headline, not your right to post.

Ironically, you've now exposed yourself even more. By claiming that people you conveniently labeled as Obidients. supposedly attacked you, you've admitted that your posts are driven by personal grievance rather than a commitment to accuracy. That's a whole lot of dishonesty and it's an attempt to push a narrative.

If you want to criticize the NDC, do it with facts. You don't need deceptive headlines or sweeping labels to make your case.

Benwallt:
Give us your own version. We have passed this stage . Show evidence

Asking for my own doesn't change the fact that the headline is deceptive.

As I said earlier to your fellow: you're not a member of the NDC, so leave NDC matters to the NDC. Instead, focus on Tinubu, who is governing from a bunker while his administration has plunged the country into unprecedented economic decline, hunger, starvation, worsening insecurity, and loss of lives.

naptu2:
WONDERFUL! AMAZING! UNBELIEVABLE!

A deceptive headline doesn't become true just because you keep repeating it

You're not a member of the NDC, so leave NDC matters to the NDC. Instead, focus on Tinubu, who is governing from a bunker while his administration has plunged the country into unprecedented economic decline, hunger, starvation, worsening insecurity, and loss of lives.

OP, your headline is deceptive.

At no point did Theo Abu claim that Ken Pella or Pat Utomi were responsible for Morris Monye's ordeal.

yarimo:
Peter obi should be speaking to media everyday e get why interviews is exposing obi gradually

While your certificate forger and identity thiéf runs away from the media and rule from the bunker

yarimo:
una go get sense in this nairaland by fire by force 😆😆

Nobi person wey get sense go talk say another go get

You been don sell your brain tey tey

See you here na ⬇️

blamingthedevil:
Obidients make una tie Aisha Yesufu for ground now oo. The day she go open her mouth on Peter eh.

https://x.com/Politicols/status/2081771030880591898

It's obvious you didn't watch the video..no data.

You saw the headline and ran with it.

Aisha Yesufu is irritated because there's nothing new interviewers are asking Peter Obi today that hasn't already been asked. She's irritated that Seun Okinbaloye isn't asking anything new. She's even more irritated that the media is focusing on Peter Obi as though he's the only presidential candidate.

Where's Atiku? Where's Tinubu? Where are their media engagements? Of course, one of them the current president is in a bunker.

That's why Aisha Yesufu is irritated

chopnaira:
The bvtcher of Kaduna would be crying in his cell on hearing this news.

While the chief butcher of Nigeria continue to present and stick with his MM ticket, hiring fake pastors and clergymen to endorse it

The level of looting and embezzlement that will be unearthed at the end of Tinubu's regime will be unprecedented in history.

yarimo:
he should go and focus on his health na 🤣🤣

You've obviously lost it. You've now resorted to modifying people's comments to spread lies, falsehoods, misinformation, and propaganda.

BATified2023:
dey play

We will never crown failure, he failed woefully as governor so y should we reward him with presidency?


Y are my even stressing myself, obi will never win self

But you want to crown a disaster for another term? Someone who has shown he has nothing left to offer and is tired and exhausted? If that's your choice, then you're an enemy of Nigeria's progress.

BATified2023:
how will your obi do better

Tell us how he did better in ordinary Anambra so we can use the templates to judge him

Tinubu's record is there for everyone to judge. Judge Peter Obi by his record when he becomes president

BATified2023:
tell us what your agulu packaged fraud did better than Tinubu as governor?

The horse has already bolted, brother.
You're still stuck in the pre-2023 era, when candidates campaigned on what they did or didn't do as governors.

Today, we're dealing with the reality that Tinubu's presidency has been a disaster. Babachir Lawal just inadvertently confirmed that.

So, leave the "what Peter Obi did better than Tinubu as governor" argument behind. It has been overtaken by the current realities: hardship, hunger, worsening insecurity, soaring inflation, and the broader economic pain Nigerians are experiencing under the Tinubu administration.

That's the conversation now.

Wickedfacts:
Azuka, borrow data and watch the video.

You also have hearing disabilities, get yours treated as well

OP has a hearing disability and should get it treated.

OP has a hearing disability and should get it treated.

Good is relative.

If by good he means benefiting personally from Tinubu, then sure.


But judging by Tinubu's performance as both governor and president, "good" is hardly the word that comes to mind.

Osun 2026: Armed thugs attack INEC PVC collection centre, cart away voter cards
INEC

…REC, Police condemn invasion

…Osun speaker, APC demand probe of attack


There was panic in Okuku, the headquarters of Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, on Sunday after armed hoodlums invaded an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collection centre and snatched away voter cards.

The incident occurred at the Oyinlola DC School, Ward 2, Okuku, where INEC officials were distributing PVCs to eligible voters.

Sources said about 10 armed hoodlums stormed the centre, fired sporadically into the air to disperse residents and fled with an unspecified number of PVCs.

Reacting to the incident, the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, condemned the attack, saying the commission was awaiting a detailed report before determining the exact number of stolen PVCs.

“As I speak to you, I am waiting for the report of the attack. I cannot say the figure of PVCs that were taken away. We want to ascertain the number,” she said.

Babalola, however, reassured residents that the commission remained committed to conducting a free, fair, credible, inclusive and transparent election.

Confirming the attack, the Osun State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said INEC officials were attacked while peacefully distributing PVCs.

He said about 10 armed thugs fired shots into the air before carting away three packs of Permanent Voter Cards from the collection centre.


The police said efforts were underway to apprehend those responsible and recover the stolen PVCs.


“The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, has condemned the incident in its entirety and has directed a comprehensive investigation with a view to identifying, arresting, and prosecuting all those responsible. Tactical and intelligence assets have been deployed, and efforts have been intensified to apprehend the perpetrators and recover the stolen PVCs.”

The Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Adewale Egbedun through his Chief Press Secretary, Olamide Tiamiyu in a statement fingered the opposition party, All Progressives Congress(APC) for perpetrating the invasion.

He described the incident as a grave assault on Nigeria’s democracy and the sanctity of the electoral process, warning that any attempt to intimidate voters, compromise electoral materials or manipulate the democratic process poses a serious threat to free and fair elections and must not be tolerated.

He called on the relevant security agencies to launch an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation into the incident, identify those responsible and ensure they are brought to justice in accordance with the law.

Meanwhile, APC through the Head Media of its Campaign Council, Oluremi Omowaiye, speaking with THE NATION, alleged Egbedun for bankrolling hoodlums to disrupt the distribution exercise on Sunday morning.

He said, “It is obvious that Accord Party is losing it every day, hence its party leader in Odo-Otin, the Speaker, Egbedun who is known for assaulting people including his king recruited thugs to the collection points for disruption.

“We urge security agencies to arrest Egbedun and other suspected wanted criminals who are hibernating in the Government House and sharing immunity with Governor Ademola Adeleke.”


https://thenationonlineng.net/osun-2026-armed-thugs-attack-inec-pvc-collection-centre-cart-away-voter-cards/

Basic123:
The grass cutter guru is you people deputy christ now

He was your deputy christ a few weeks back

There's nothing in what he said about Tinubu that isn't true or factual. But Tinubu supporters who were celebrating Babachir Lawal just a few weeks ago when he was attacking Atiku will do a complete 180 and started attacking him now and remind us that he is a grass cutter scammer

The only thing that changed wasn't the facts, it was whose side he was criticizing.

That's why they're the most hypocritical humans ever liveth.