A combined picture of President Bola Tinubu and Pat Utomi
By Our Reporter
Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said President Bola Tinubu will experience similar fate as the Department of State Services dragged him to court and accused him of attempting to illegally usurp President Tinubu’s executive powers by setting up a shadow government.
Utomi disclosed this via his verified X handle @Utomipat seen by NATIONAL WAVES
He wrote “What is certain is that Tinubu will not escape that same fate. He may have been in London when I faced the assassins under Abacha and been the supplier to Chief Enahoro and NADECO Abroad of reports of my position on matters of the struggle but we all ultimately go the way of man”
Recall that DSS in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/937/2025, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja alleged that Utomi’s actions posed a threat to national security and constitutional order.
Utomi was named as the sole defendant in the suit.
The suit, which was filed through a team of lawyers led by Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), on Wednesday, claimed Utomi was attempting to illegally usurp the executive powers of Tinubu.
According to the suit, the planned shadow government or shadow cabinet is an unregistered and unrecognised body claiming to operate as an alternative government. contrary to the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
The DSS, in its contentions, stated that Utomi, through public statements, social media, and other platforms, announced the formation of the body with the intent to challenge the legitimacy of the democratically elected government of Nigeria.
The secret police added that while he was inaugurating the ‘shadow cabinet’, Utomi stated that it is made up of the Ombudsman and Good Governance portfolio to be manned by Dele Farotimi; the policy Delivery Unit team consisting of Oghene Momoh, Cheta Nwanze, Daniel Ikuonobe, Halima Ahmed, David Okonkwo and Obi Ajuga; and the council of economic advisers.
The service said, “Based on the intelligence gathered by the plaintiff, the activities and statements made by the defendant and his associates are capable of misleading segments of the Nigerian public, weakening confidence in the legitimacy of the elected government, and fuelling public disaffection.”
The secret police also said it is certain that the defendant’s shadow government, if left unchallenged, could destabilise the country, incite political unrest and undermine national security, as it was intended to create chaos.
It claimed that such a structure, styled as a shadow government, could cause intergroup tensions and embolden other unlawful actors or separatist entities to establish similar parallel arrangements, all of which would pose a serious threat to national security.
