President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media & Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has denied that the current administration is sidelining politicians that were loyal to former president Muhammadu Buhari.

Dare made the assertion while answering questions on the Mic On podcast with Seun Okinbaloye.

Seun asked pointedly if Tinubu chased out the ‘Buhari boys’ (the CPC bloc of the All Progressives Congress, APC) and he brought in the ‘Lagos boys’

“When a new government comes in and this is constitutional – the right of the president to build his cabinet, you can’t take it away.

“The first criteria for you to be appointed is that you are a Nigerian.

“It’s not whether you are a Tinubu boy or a Buhari boy.”

Seun pressed in and insisted all of the major pillars of the economy are manned by the Tinubu boys, he replied: “As a leader, you must also bring in lieutenants that you trust.

“When he was governor, he had people that served him and over the years, they have been with him throughout the journey.

“I don’t think there is any deliberate attempt to sideline anyone.

“Any oath you take when you’re sworn in, is not to any president. But to the Nigerian constitution and the Nigerian people.”