Daniel Bwala, a media aide to President Bola Tinubu, has said he never called the president a drug lord during the 2023 presidential campaign, even while working with Atiku Abubakar.
Bwala made this known in an interview with Symfoni TV, where he addressed claims about his past comments during the election period.
Naija News reports he explained that at no point did he use insulting or damaging words to describe Tinubu.
He said that during the campaign, some people used such labels, but he did not agree with them.
According to him, his position at the time was different from those who made such statements.
Bwala explained that what he pushed for was clarity on the matter.
He said the issue surrounding the allegation needed proper explanation so that the public could understand the truth.
He added that many people misunderstood his position, thinking he supported the claim, when in fact he only wanted the matter addressed clearly.
He said: “I have never called him a derogatory name. I have never called him that. That is where they are missing it. Where they are missing it is that there were other individuals that used that. If you ask people from the other side where I worked with, if there was one thing I disagreed with throughout the campaign was the appellation that he is a drug lord. But what I was saying was that that question around that needs to be cleared.”
