Media aide to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has alleged that the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has been quietly sidelined by the President Bola Tinubu government.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Ibe made the remark while reacting to the recent appointment of Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Fadewa (rtd.), as Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Homeland Security.
In a post via his 𝕏 handle on Wednesday, Atiku’s aide claimed there is a face-off between Tinubu and Ribadu.
According to Ibe, the face-off between the duo is due to Ribadu’s recent trip to the United States, where he met with the US Vice President and other officials.
He wrote, “It is no longer news that NSA Nuhu Ribadu has been quietly sidelined, and that a son of the soil, Retired Major General Adeyinka Famadewa, has been appointed in his stead as Special Adviser on Homeland Security à la US.
“It is obvious, as revealed by Mohammed Bello Doka in his write-up, that a lot of water has passed under the bridge in taking this decision.
“But it is being gathered that the final straw may have been Ribadu’s recent visit to the United States, during which he met VP JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his attempt to make a meal of that by having the news pictures published in multiple newspapers, knowing full well that his principal cannot travel to the US”.