Lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, the late Muhammadu Buhari, both members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), differ significantly in their approach to policymaking.

Oshiomhole, in an interview on The Mic On Podcast on Sunday, criticized the immediate past administration, stating that Tinubu was unable to openly criticize Buhari’s government because he played a key role in bringing him to power.

The lawmaker recalled a statement he made during Tinubu’s presidential campaign in 2022, where he declared that the former Lagos State governor would not run on Buhari’s record.

He said: “I said during Tinubu’s campaign that Asiwaju would not run on the record of Buhari.

“Even though Buhari was still a sitting president then, I said Tinubu would run on his own person and record, not the record of Buhari, because Tinubu was not a player in Buhari’s government.

“Tinubu did not even have the opportunity to nominate anyone into Buhari’s government. President Tinubu has a sophisticated mind. He had to speak as a statesman; he cannot disown his predecessor, but I can do so.”

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi does not have what it takes to win the 2027 election.

In an interview with Mic On Podcast on Sunday, the lawmaker claimed that Peter Obi lacks reputation, citing his alleged inability to manage and resolve party crisis.

Oshiomhole said the former governor of Anambra State cannot be taken by his own words, pointing out how he (Obi) failed to keep his promise of staying put in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

“Peter Obi has no reputation, you cannot take him by his words. First he said he was not going to leave APGA when Ojukwu handed the party to him and the party produced him as a governor.

“After that Obi joined a party because he wanted to be a vice president but he was defeated, in stead of staying back to strategize, Obi left and went to Labour Party because he doesn’t want to do primaries.

“Labour Party handed over the ticket to him, on a platter of gold. According to him, he got eight million votes. Common sense will prescribe that you manage that platform, invest in it and deal with all eternal challenges, but he wanted where food is ready and left the Labour Party.

“He wanted to ADC and they forcefully took over the leadership of the party but when they said there will be a primary election and because he doesn’t want to go through the first stage of election, he went to join NDC,” Oshiomhole said.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Osa Director, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for conferring a national honour on him.

Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, Director said Tinubu should be commended.

He was was reacting to the conferment of national honours on himself and and other pro-democracy activists.

“I’m happy that President Tinubu, being a pro-democracy activist, knew he had to correct these anomalies because in 1999, it was the pro-democracy activists who ensured Obasanjo didn’t die in jail.

“But when he became president, he didn’t appreciate the activists and the media. So, if President Tinubu decides to right that wrong, he should be commended.

“I’m not one who plays politics of vindictiveness. I’m not going to deny my social relationship with people because I’m in the opposition party,” he said.