{
  "id": 16326249,
  "title": "How Buhari’s govt sidelined Tinubu — Ex-presidential aide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/how-buharis-govt-sidelined-tinubu-ex-presidential-aide-16326249",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T13:12:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/how-buharis-govt-sidelined-tinubu-ex-presidential-aide/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former presidential aide Laolu Akande has alleged that President Bola Tinubu was marginalized within the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the tenure of late President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Akande, who spoke on the Naija Unfiltered podcast, he witnessed instances where Tinubu was sidelined at party meetings despite his contributions to Buhari's emergence as the APC presidential candidate in 2015. Akande claimed that Tinubu endured this treatment even after his nomination for ministerial positions, which were reportedly rejected, in order to undermine Tinubu's influence. Despite facing these challenges, Akande stated that Tinubu remained politically active and waited for an opportunity to pursue his presidential ambition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}