Inside The Plot Against Tinubu: Malami’s Moves Since 2024 Unmasked – Obono-Obla

Former Special Adviser on Public Prosecution to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, has alleged that former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has been collaborating with others to undermine the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Obono-Obla claimed that Malami, along with other disenchanted members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), began criticizing Tinubu’s government as early as April 2024.

However, he insisted that Malami lacks the moral authority to speak against the current administration or to represent the CPC bloc. According to Obono-Obla, Malami previously contested for office under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007 and therefore cannot legitimately claim CPC roots.

Speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Saturday, Obono-Obla made these remarks in response to Malami’s dismissal of a statement made by Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s group, which had declared CPC’s support for President Tinubu’s 2027 reelection bid and ruled out defection from the APC.

“Malami has no right to speak for CPC. He was never part of us. He contested elections under the PDP in 2007,” Obono-Obla said. “I was among the founding members who formed CPC. When we registered it with INEC in 2008, I was there as a national officer. Malami wasn’t.”

“I served as the interim national legal adviser from 2008 until December 30, 2010. After the party was formally registered in 2010, I became the national deputy secretary until the party merged into the APC.”

Secret Plot Meetings

Obono-Obla also accused Malami and his allies of beginning their anti-Tinubu plots before the administration had even fully taken off.

He recounted attending one of their meetings unknowingly, after receiving an invitation from Emeka Nwajiuba, a former Minister of State for Education and CPC merger committee member.

“On April 28, 2024, Emeka invited me to a dinner in Maitama, Abuja, supposedly to celebrate Sallah. I attended innocently, unaware of the true purpose of the gathering,” he said.

To his surprise, the meeting turned political, with Nwajiuba and others expressing discontent with Tinubu’s government, which had not even spent a year in office. Malami also spoke at the gathering, alongside several former CPC state chairmen, including individuals who had been expelled from the party back in 2011 for supporting former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“I realized the real agenda when Emeka and Malami began criticizing Tinubu’s leadership. It was clear that they were laying the groundwork for a coordinated opposition campaign.”

Obono-Obla said some attendees at the meeting confronted Malami, questioning why he was now seeking their support after holding a powerful position in government for eight years without championing CPC’s cause.

“They asked him, ‘You were AGF for eight years, what did you do for CPC? Why are you speaking now?’ They had no answer. It became evident that this plan to undermine Tinubu began long ago,” he concluded.