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Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara West Senator, has declared that the Nigerian Presidency is being operated from outside the Presidential Villa.

Yari also claimed that President Bola Tinubu is caged in the Presidential Villa.

The former governor of Zamfara State spoke during the One Nigeria Project Conference in Abuja on Wednesday.

He also declared that United States President, Donald Trump, can’t help Nigeria.

Yari said, “This country called Nigeria, America says their own country is God’s own country but this country called Nigeria is more of God’s own country than any other.

“This is because so many havoc initiated by we ourselves but we need to come together.

“Before 1999 some issues came up but the country remained. Look at June 12, everybody thought the country will go away but God that made the country in 1914 together, that God is in charge and would remain in charge.

“So anybody thinking otherwise shouldn’t waste his time because Nigeria has come to stay as a nation.

“Don’t call Trump, it’s the business of Nigerians, Trump has no business in Nigeria. He can’t solve the problem of Nigeria, the problem of Nigeria can be solved by Nigerians.

“I was with the President in the night and I told him that I would be here and if he has time, he should watch what we are doing and I think this organization should be given the support.

“The problem is the elite, you have people abusing Tinubu, you are abusing him because you know the problem more than the truth.

“Those close to the Presidency know that the Presidency is being run from outside the Villa than inside the Villa. We already have the President caged there, we locked him but we do the operations. So why not think of the trust you are given?”

Before 1999 some issues came up but the country remained. Look at June 12, everybody thought the country will go away but God that made the country in 1914 together, that God is in charge and would remain in charge.

omoredia:
Terrorists sponsors like Yari are losing serious sleep. Terrorists sponsors like him should be dealt with

ogododo:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/12/03/nigerias-presidency-run-from-outside-tinubu-caged-in-aso-rock-sen-yari/

UniversalDove:
God made Nigeria in 1914?
Frederick lugard is God.
Interesting times

jessicahanlo:
This Yari statement is loud, but honestly it raises more questions than answers.

If a sitting senator is openly saying the Presidency is being run from outside and we already have the President caged there, then Nigerians deserve clarity. You can’t drop that kind of bomb and then pretend it’s casual gist. If there are forces outside the Villa influencing national decisions, who are they? Politicians? Business interests? Foreign actors? Power brokers? Nigerians need transparency, not riddles.

At the same time, Yari is right on one point: Trump or any foreign leader cannot fix Nigeria. No outsider will come and do the nation-building we avoid doing ourselves. But if the “elite,” as he called them, are the ones hijacking institutions, then how exactly are ordinary Nigerians supposed to “solve the problem”? The same people causing the issues cannot be the ones presenting themselves as the solution.

What I find interesting is the contradiction:
He says Tinubu is being abused unfairly, yet also admits the President is “caged” and operations are done by others. If that's true, then the public criticism is actually misdirected the real question becomes: Who is running Nigeria?

This kind of comment should spark a national conversation, not just trend for 48 hours and vanish. If Yari truly cares about the One Nigeria Project, he should back his words with specifics, not political poetry.

Nigerians deserve clarity.
Nigerians deserve accountability.
And Nigerians deserve a presidency that is run from the Villa not from shadows.

What do you all think? Is Yari speaking truth, playing politics, or simply trying to position himself for something bigger?

GeneralOuki:
Funny enough the amalgamation of 1914 was not Lugard's idea. He only implemented a laid out plan that was the brain child of Goldie Taubman.

SixSeven:
They have started again. From cabal to kitchen cabinet to Yahoo boys pressing Aso Rock laptop from outside. Why have we made all our Presidents look weak? Even Obasanjo was not spared. Let the President speak to us.