Tinubu focusing on 2027 campaign amid state of emergency – ADC raises alarm

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for apparently starting his 2027 re-election campaign while the country is still under a state of emergency.

The party called it cynically insensitive, stating that it undermines the very purpose of the emergency declaration.

In a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC condemned the President’s distribution of branded vehicles to political agents across Nigeria, noting that ordinary citizens continue to suffer kidnappings and escalating violence.

The party said that by launching his campaign under the name “Renewed Hope Ambassadors,” Tinubu “is acting more like a presidential…