Okoi Obono-Obla, former special adviser on public prosecution to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, claims that members of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) caucus who are critical of President Bola Tinubu began scheming against him in April 2024.
Speaking on Arise TV on Saturday, Obono-Obla refuted Abubakar Malami’s claim that the CPC bloc’s proclamation of devotion to Tinubu did not reflect the group’s viewpoint.
He said Malami lacks the moral standing to speak for the CPC, having contested an election in 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“He has no right. Malami cannot speak for CPC. He came from PDP. He had even ran for election in 2007 under the platform of PDP,” he said.
“So they asked those of us who were interim officers and interested in contesting in the national convention to resign, and I resigned.”
He said the position of national adviser was zoned to the north-west and Malami emerged as national legal adviser on January 6, 2011.
“I emerged as national deputy secretary from January 2011 until CPC was dissolved,” he said.
