{"id":240218,"date":"2026-01-25T03:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T03:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/flirting-with-opposition-by-day-and-seducing-tinubu-at-night-atikus-aide-fires-kwankwaso\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T03:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T03:02:54","slug":"flirting-with-opposition-by-day-and-seducing-tinubu-at-night-atikus-aide-fires-kwankwaso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/flirting-with-opposition-by-day-and-seducing-tinubu-at-night-atikus-aide-fires-kwankwaso\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Flirting With Opposition By Day And Seducing Tinubu At Night\u2019 \u2013 Atiku\u2019s Aide Fires Kwankwaso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, <strong>Demola Olarenwaju<\/strong>, on Saturday faulted former NNPP presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso, saying he cannot \u201cflirt with the opposition by day and romance President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>by night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Olarenwaju\u2019s comments were made in a post shared on \ud835\udd4f, where he challenged Kwankwaso and other opposition figures to quit what he described as political indecision and take a clear stand for alternative politics in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body2 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Olarenwaju said Kwankwaso should follow the example of opponents who took bold steps to realign Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, including Atiku, former Kaduna State governor Nasir El\u2011Rufai, ex\u2011Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, who all helped form the African Democratic Congress (ADC).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe likes of Kwankwaso and other tiptoeing \u2018opposition\u2019 leaders must show courage and make up their minds like Atiku, El\u2011Rufai, Amaechi, Aregbesola, Obi, etc., did to form the ADC coalition,\u201d<\/em> Olarenwaju wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned that mixed signals from opposition leaders fuel public distrust and internal political tensions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body3 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cFlirting with the opposition by day and seducing <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>at night na why Fayose dey write expos\u00e9,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p>Olarenwaju said Kwankwaso missed an opportunity to build a strong political platform through the NNPP, comparing the situation to how his Second Republic mentor, Aminu Kano, sustained the People\u2019s Redemption Party (PRP) despite setbacks.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKwankwaso could have nurtured NNPP from Kano State as his Second Republic mentor, Aminu Kano, did with PRP\u2026 even after Balarabe Musa was impeached and Abubakar Rimi resigned and defected to NPP,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body4 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Atiku aide also criticised Kwankwaso for allegedly creating a pathway for Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf to leave the NNPP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBy negotiating with the APC at all, RMK opened the door for Abba Yusuf to join the APC,\u201d<\/em> Olarenwaju said, using Kwankwaso\u2019s initials.<\/p>\n<p>He urged political leaders to avoid what he called self\u2011interested discussions with the presidency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body5 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cAnybody still going to Aso Rock to hold discussions with <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>at this point is only looking out for themselves and not the Nigerian people,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarenwaju, on Saturday faulted former NNPP presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso, saying he cannot \u201cflirt with the opposition by day and romance President Bola Tinubu by night.\u201d Abia Radio News reports that Olarenwaju\u2019s comments were made in a post shared on \ud835\udd4f, where he challenged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":239310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[439,2916,584,1022],"class_list":["post-240218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-atiku-abubakar","tag-demola-olarenwaju","tag-headlines","tag-rabiu2019u-kwankwaso"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kwankwaso-1.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}