President Bola Tinubu's media aide, Daniel Bwala, recently faced a tough "fact-check" on global television.
While discussing the theme of "Renewed Hope," Bwala was presented with video clips and quotes from his time supporting Atiku Abubakar, but he chose to distance himself from his former views.
Host Mehdi Hasan used Bwala’s own documented tweets and interviews from January 2023 to challenge his current loyalty to the APC government.
Despite the evidence presented, Bwala insisted he did not make several of the specific accusations regarding election corruption or personal intimidation.
Bwala argued that political language changes depending on whether one is in the opposition or the ruling party, suggesting that his old criticisms were just "rhetoric."
Since the episode aired, many Nigerians have taken to social media to compare Bwala’s new stance with his well-documented past interviews.
