‘Protect Nigerians Like You Protect Your Billboards’ — Atiku Slams Tinubu After Report Of Security Guards For Kaduna Campaign Posters

Former Vice President and ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to Daily Trust’s report that security operatives were deployed to guard President Bola Tinubu’s billboards in Kaduna ahead of Saturday’s APC campaign flag-off.

Atiku, in a post on his X handle on Friday, slammed the administration’s priorities:

“Bola, you claim Nigerians love you, yet your billboards in Kaduna require security guards. Bandits raid villages, terrorists attack communities, and families live in fear. Your posters enjoy protection that millions of Nigerians can only dream of. What a tragic statement of your government’s priorities. Bola, please protect Nigerians with the same urgency you protect your image!”

The reaction comes after Daily Trust reported that personnel of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Authority (KASTLEA) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were assigned to protect Tinubu’s posters and billboards along major roads leading to the 8,000-capacity Kaduna Township Stadium, venue of the rally.

“We were assigned alongside KASTLEA marshals to protect Tinubu’s billboards and posters from being vandalised before the campaign rally. Our duty is mostly at night because that is when the youths can carry out such acts,” a security operative told Daily Trust.

President Tinubu is expected to be joined by governors from the seven North-West states for the campaign flag-off on Saturday, October 24, 2026.