Demola Olarewaju, an aide to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, 2027 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, prefers to deploy police officers to protect President Bola Tinubu’s billboards rather than use them to safeguard Nigerians.

Olarewaju made the claims while noting that Tinubu’s stance of politics of power and not policy should not be allowed again by Nigerians.

He was reacting to a post on social media that the “Edo State Government allegedly deployed police officers to protect Tinubu’s campaign billboards from vandals, around Ring Road. Locals say the officers take shifts in guiding the billboards.”

Posting on X, Olarewaju wrote: “APC will rather use police officers to guard Tinubu’s campaign billboards and fortify themselves than deploy them to protect Nigerians.

“Tinubu’s belief in politics for the sake of power and not policy is a mistake that must not be allowed to happen again in 2027.”

A chieftain of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says the calm nature of Northern Nigeria has kept them from speaking out on insurgency.

Baba-Ahmed stated this on Thursday while featuring in an interview on Trust TV.

He noted that some other parts of Nigeria are able to come out with civic democratic and political issues like insecurity and the exchange rate but northerners have remained calm even though they suffer the same fate.

“I’m a Northerner. I’m a proud Muslim. We’ve had insecurity all over the North, but our calm nature, our tradition, and everything has not up to date allowed people to come out and speak.

“In the South West, because of their culture, which is not bad, it is actually good. Even the meekness and the docility in the North, I’m not saying it’s bad in certain senses, it is good because there are different counts that a northerner, a Muslim, will defend his right. Do blasphemy and see. Ethnicity in the North Central, do it and see.

“But some other parts of Nigeria are able to come out with civic democratic political issues like insecurity and exchange rate.

“Remember Band A. Do you think they will ever challenge Band A in Borno or in Sokoto? No! But say anything about religion, it’s there,” he said.

The former governor of Ekiti State has claimed that President Bola Tinubu would defeat presidential candidates in the likes of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, even if the election is conducted 10 times.

Fayose spoke in an interview on EKTV against the backdrop of those calling for Tinubu’s resignation from office due to the escalating insecurity challenges in the country.

According to Fayose, “A lot of people on social media are asking Tinubu to resign now, but I’m saying you don’t need to fight because he still has one year left.

“Now all those agitating on social media have candidates they are supporting, some are with Peter Obi, others are with Atiku; it’s still somebody you want to collect from Atiku and give.

“But I’m explaining that if the election is conducted 10 times, Tinubu will defeat all of them.

“Somebody whom Buhari did not support, but he struggled and emerged President, will now fold his hands and allow the opposition to take over power from him? Even me this little thing, will finish them.”