The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that Seyi Tinubu, son of President Tinubu, is qualified to run for any political office in the country including the governorship of Lagos State.
Bwala made this known in an interview on The Clarity Zone podcast posted on YouTube on Wednesday, September 17.
He dismissed claims that Seyi’s political involvement is only tied to his father’s position, saying the president’s son has built his own image among young people.
Bwala said Seyi has the right to even challenge his father in the 2027 presidential election.
“I have known the children of presidents in Nigeria. He (Seyi) is unassuming. Check his friends, the childhood friends, and people he grew up with.
He has not changed the community or friends because he has greatness so to speak. For political reasons, some people assume that the way he is doing a lot of 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 a 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 in the election as a president.” he said
