Atiku to Tinubu: Stop using security guards to protect your billboards while Nigerians live in fear
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Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president and now presidential flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has renewed his criticism of President Bola Tinubu's handling of Nigeria's security crisis, this time seizing on reports that armed guards were posted to protect Tinubu campaign billboards and posters in Kaduna. The remark plays into a long-running opposition narrative that the Tinubu administration has struggled to curb banditry, kidnapping and communal violence across northern states, even as resources are seen deployed to protect political imagery rather than civilians in affected communities.
Security deployment for billboards is not itself unusual in Nigeria, where political materials are sometimes vandalised or contested ahead of visits and campaigns, but Atiku's comparison is designed to highlight a perceived mismatch in government priorities. Both Tribune Online and Daily Trust report the substance of his remarks similarly, with Daily Trust providing the fuller context of the Kaduna deployment ahead of a Tinubu visit; neither report includes an official response from the presidency or details on how many guards were involved or who ordered the deployment.