'Not Shettima': Prominent Lawyer Forecasts 'Next President after Tinubu'
- Muhammad Adam predicted that National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu will succeed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after his expected second term ends in 2031
- Adam, a well-known lawyer, projected that President Tinubu will get his second term in the 2027 election
- Ribadu ran unsuccessfully for office of the president in the 2011 election as the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
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Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance in Nigeria.
Ikeja, Lagos state - A prominent Lagos-based lawyer, Muhammad Adam, has tipped Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), to succeed President Bola Tinubu.
According to Adam, President Tinubu will complete two terms in office.
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The legal practitioner predicted that Ribadu — and not Vice-President Kashim Shettima — will take over from President Tinubu in 2031.
Quote-tweeting a picture post on Friday, September 5, Adam wrote:
"Next President after PBAT.
"I’ll be back to this post in 2031, InshaAllah."
Nuhu Ribadu's rising profile
Legit.ng reports that Mallam Ribadu has emerged one of President Tinubu's most trusted allies. The 64-year-old has remained close to Tinubu, accompanying the president to top local events.
The NSA and Senator Shettima are the most prominent people in the north whose elites have become habituated to being in power.
Farooq Kperogi, a professor at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, told The Africa Report in a publication in early 2025 that "there is a perception in the north that Ribadu is more ensconced in the political orbit of presidential power than the vice president."
Abimbola Adelakun, a columnist and an associate professor at the University of Texas, Austin, spoke in the same vein.
He said:
“Ribadu probably imagines the presidency will go back to the north after Tinubu and he will be in the right place at the right time.”
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Legit.ng recalls that in 2011, Ribadu contested the presidency with the support of Tinubu and lost. He defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014 where he contested for governor of Adamawa state and lost. He returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2016 and contested again but was defeated at the primary in 2022.
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Primate Ayodele warns Ribadu
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Primate Elijah Ayodele urged Ribadu to stop the rising violent attacks in some parts of the country, especially the north-east and north-central geopolitical zones.
In a message titled 'Prophetic Lamentation to Nuhu Ribadu', Primate Ayodele said time and again, he reached out to the NSA "with details, with insight, with visions from beyond, to protect this nation you are sworn to defend, yet the blood of the innocent continues to stain our soil."
According to Primate Ayodele, the assailants in Benue state are not just attacking villages but are "tearing at the very fabric" of President Bola Tinubu's government.
Source: Legit.ng
