Factional NANS president retracts allegations, issues apology to Seyi Tinubu
By Jeffrey Agbo
Atiku Isah, the factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has publicly withdrawn his previous allegations against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, acknowledging they were based on misinformation and deceit.
Isah had earlier accused Seyi and the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, of offering him a ₦100 million bribe in Lagos to support the president. He also claimed he was abducted, stripped and assaulted on April 15 after rejecting the alleged offer—claims which Seyi denied.
In a statement titled “Setting the Records Straight/Public Apology to Seyi Tinubu,” posted on Facebook, Isah admitted the allegations were false and influenced by misleading information provided by Olusola Ladoja, another claimant to the NANS presidency.
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He said, “In the video, I also alleged that, for what they considered my stubbornness to reject their #100,000,000, I was on the 15th of April 2025 abducted, stripped naked, and thoroughly beaten up, and in connivance with the MD of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), I was taken to the station where an involuntary statement purportedly abdicating my position as NANS President was obtained under duress.
“It has become clear that the offer of N100,000,000, which was alleged was made to me to support President Tinubu, was clearly untrue, as Ladoja Olusola, who was desperate to get me out of my legitimate position as the duly elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, fed me lies and half-truths for the sole purpose of achieving his selfish agenda of taking over the reins of the student body through the back doors.”
“It was also Ladoja Olusola who warned me that Mr Seyi Tinubu could order my killing and thereafter instruct the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to bury the matter,” he added.
Isah also retracted claims that Seyi led thugs to disrupt his inauguration, acknowledging that the president’s son was not even present at the venue.
“I made these claims owing to the picture of Seyi Tinubu painted to me by Ladoja Olusola,” Isah added, expressing regret for the damage caused.
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