{"id":876355,"date":"2025-10-09T00:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/seyi-tinubu-free-to-contest-in-2027-even-against-his-father-seyi-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T00:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:11:55","slug":"seyi-tinubu-free-to-contest-in-2027-even-against-his-father-seyi-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/seyi-tinubu-free-to-contest-in-2027-even-against-his-father-seyi-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Seyi Tinubu Free to Contest in 2027, Even Against His Father \u2013 Seyi Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"main\" id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\">\n<div>\n<figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/naijaexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-14.png\" alt=\"Seyi Tinubu Free to Contest in 2027, Even Against His Father - Seyi Tinubu 1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Seyi Tinubu Free to Contest in 2027, Even Against His Father - Seyi Tinubu 1\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has said that the president\u2019s son, Seyi Tinubu, is qualified to run for any political office in Nigeria \u2014 including challenging his father in the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em>The Clarity Zone<\/em> podcast posted on YouTube Wednesday, Bwala dismissed claims that Seyi\u2019s political rise is tied solely to his father\u2019s influence. He argued that Nigerians should assess him based on personal interactions rather than inherited perceptions.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bwala, Seyi has earned a reputation as a bridge-builder among young people and is regarded as humble and unassuming despite his privileged background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Seyi Tinubu\u2019s father is the president, what stops him from running for Lagos State governor? Seyi Tinubu can even challenge his father in the next election,\u201d Bwala said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Chinenye Ogbonna<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/naijaexpress.com\/2025\/09\/18\/seyi-tinubu-free-to-contest-in-2027-even-against-his-father-seyi-tinubu\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has said that the president\u2019s son, Seyi Tinubu, is qualified to run for any political office in Nigeria \u2014 including challenging his father in the 2027 general election. Speaking on The Clarity Zone podcast posted on YouTube Wednesday, Bwala dismissed claims that Seyi\u2019s political<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":876356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23802,99081],"tags":[5383,99080],"class_list":["post-876355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-contest","category-tinubu","tag-contest","tag-tinubu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}