Presidency to Kukah: Tinubu a reformer, not ‘accidental leader’

The Presidency has pushed back claims by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, that President Bola Tinubu is an “accidental leader.”

Kukah had in a programme on Sunday in Abuja said Tinubu and other past Nigerian leaders, including former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo found themselves in power by chance.

However, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, in a chat with journalists on Sunday in Abuja, said Tinubu is a reformer who has been working tirelessly to turn the country around.Read more

Onanuga said: “He is not an accidental leader, he is doing his best to ensure that we have a turnaround in this country.

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“Does he look like one at all? What I am saying is that the man is not an accidental leader, he was prepared for this office.”

He stressed that Tinubu’s preparedness for the office is evident in the reforms he has been implementing.

“Because he prepared himself for the office, he is doing a lot of reform, he is touching every area and he is trying to make sure that this country is being turned around.

“Tinubu has shown that he is a reformer and reforms are not done in quick fixes, it takes time for you to turn things around and he is doing it,” the presidential aide added.

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