JUST IN: Borno Police Arrest 5 Men Over ‘Tinubu Must Go’ T-Shirts, Remand Them In Prison
The Borno State Police Command has arrested and charged five men for allegedly printing and wearing T-shirts bearing the inscription ” Tinubu Must Go” at West End Roundabout community in Maiduguri.
The five men were identified as Baba Aji Gremami, 44; Mustapha Abba Yemen, 28; Abbacha Mohammed Ali, 32; Adam Umar Gubio, 21; and Abdulhamid Mohammed, 21.
According to a First Information Report, FIR, obtained by SaharaReporters, the FIR dated September 29, 2026, was issued from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Maiduguri, and addressed to the Chief Magistrate Court, CMC, in Maiduguri.
The police document alleged that the men conspired to print T-shirts with the inscription ” Tinubu Must Go” with the intention of causing a breach of public peace.
The alleged offences were listed as criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbance, disturbance of public peace and thuggery, contrary to Sections 60, 78, 79 and 392 of the Borno State Penal Code.
The FIR reads: “On 25/09/26 at about 1100 hours, you Baba Aji Gremami, male; Mustapha Abba Yemen, male; Abbacha Mohammed Ali, male; Adam Umar Gubio, male and Abdulhamid Mohammed, male, conspired together by printing same T shirt with some inscription written ‘ Tinubu Must Go’ on it with the intent to cause breach of public peace within West End roundabout community, thereby, you all committed an offence contrary to Section 60, 78, 79 and 392 of Borno State Penal Code.”
A source who spoke to SaharaReporters alleged that the arrests followed a directive from Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to the Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, to arrest the men. SaharaReporters said it could not immediately establish the specific court proceedings or terms of the remand order.
The source said the five men were subsequently taken to court and remanded in a correctional facility.
The arrests come amid heightened political activity ahead of the 2027 general elections. Governor Zulum recently returned from a trip to the United States and Canada and launched an APC mobilisation campaign in Borno in support of President Bola Tinubu.
