The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Thursday urged President Bola Tinubu to either take governance seriously or step aside.
ADC spokesperson Bolaji Abdullahi issued the warning while reacting to what he described as disturbing reports that Tinubu had distributed fleets of Hilux trucks, Land Cruisers, and Hummer buses to political loyalists across the country to launch his 2027 re-election campaign.
In his statement, Abdullahi said that carrying out such actions at a time when Nigeria is under a declared state of emergency due to escalating insecurity shows that the President’s security proclamation was merely a publicity stunt—one that appears meaningless to a leader seemingly more focused on re-election than national stability.
According to Abdullahi of ADC, “While ordinary citizens are being kidnapped, displaced, and killed, the President is handing out branded vehicles and building a partisan mobilisation structure. Entire communities are living under siege, our armed forces are stretched thin, yet the ruling party is preparing for rallies.
“At a time when children are being kidnapped and countless communities are under attack, the President is focused on re-election, seeking to continue presiding over a nation that has become more diminished, more fractured, and more dangerous than he met it.
“A nation under emergency rule is expected to adopt extraordinary conduct and behaviours that reflect the desperate nature of its condition. More importantly, the leadership of that country must demonstrate that nothing else matters in a time of emergency than tackling the situation that necessitated it.
“What we have seen under President Tinubu is that, apart from the declaration itself and a few symbolic gestures, nothing of substance has changed; no new safety measures, no heightened security alertness or presence, nothing. Instead, it has been business as usual.
“Leadership in times of crisis demands focus, sacrifice, and moral clarity. Lavish convoys and early campaigns are not the answers to national trauma. The President must return to the business of governance or step aside and admit that his political ambition now stands in the way of Nigeria’s recovery.”
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