Lagos 2027 Governorship: Seyi Tinubu Ready To Go – Presidential Aide, Bwala

By Adesina Soyooye

As the underground juggling for who would succeed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Lagos State Governor in 2027 gradually rears its head up, Daniel Bwala, an Aide to President Bola Tinubu, has said that Seyi Tinubu, the President’s son, is more than qualified to occupy the seat. Bwala also said that there is nothing capable of stopping Seyi from running for the Governorship seat of Lagos State.

For months, the strong speculation has been that the President’s son was planning to, and, indeed, would take a shot at the office, but he has personally not said a word about any such aspiration.

Instead, he seems to have let others do the talking for him, while he concentrates on being useful to his father, the President, from behind the curtains, mostly, and engaging in some philanthropic activities.

Yet, not a few people, including, Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, think that Seyi, a good mixer, is not yet ripe for the job; that the Governorship of Lagos is for the very rugged and very experienced. Some say he would just tug at his father’s position and influence to run.

But, Bwala does not think so. He disagrees that Seyi’s political future is tied to his father’s office and influence.

In an interview on Wednesday with Clarity Zone Podcast, Bwala was of the strong opinion that Seyi has come into his own, and has built his own image, especially, among young people.

According to Bwala, the President’s son is so qualified that if he desires, he could even challenge his father for the office of the President in 2027.

And what qualifies him? Bwala said Seyi is different from all the sons of Nigeria’s President’s he had known for years.

Bwala: “I have known the sons of Presidents in Nigeria. He is unassuming. Check his friends, the childhood friends, and people he grew up with. He has not changed his community of friends because of his greatness so to speak.

“For political reasons, some people assume that the way he is doing on welfare, which he did not start yesterday, that he wants to become Governor.

“I asked: ‘Is he not qualified to be a Governor?’ They said ‘no, because his father is President.’

“He has not said he is running, but I’m just saying you don’t gaslight or blackmail someone. I said ‘even if his father is a President, what stops him from running as a Governor? He can even challenge his father as a President.”

Already, against 2027, former one-term Governor of the State, Akinwumu Ambode, has declared his interest in running under the banner of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ambode was, in an untidy  manner,  stopped from getting a second term in office,  over some misunderstandingwith the powers-that-be in the State. He was replaced by Sanwo-Olu who is doing his second term presently. Many people say that for Ambode to have the courage to declare his interest in 2027, it means that whatever problem  he had has been sorted out.

There are, also, strong hints that the very powerful Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is getting set to run. If he does, many say it is an ambition he has, for years, been massaging.