The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of running the “most divisive and nepotic government in the history of Nigeria”, as well as manipulating official infrastructure data.
 
The party said such manipulations were “a desperate attempt to deflect growing criticism over allegations of nepotism and regional bias.” In a statement issued yesterday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated that the Tinubu government’s infrastructure report not only “reinforced existing suspicions about exclusionary governance, but also exposed the administration’s alarming comfort with misleading the public with fake news.” 

FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar also accused the Bola Tinubu-led administration of abandoning the North-Central region to escalating violence, describing Kwara State, once regarded as one of the safest in the country, as a new hotspot for banditry and kidnappings.
 
Atiku, in a statement yesterday, said the resurgence of killings across the region underscores the Nigerian government’s failure to protect lives and property. He recalled recent attacks in Niger State, where militants have targeted military bases, killed soldiers, and massacred worshippers in mosques, while Plateau and Benue states continue to bury victims of repeated assaults.
 
The former presidential candidate said that by May this year, just two years into Tinubu’s administration, over 10,000 lives had been lost in northern states, with Benue alone accounting for more than half. 
 
He added that mass killings continue weekly, yet the government acts as though nothing is wrong. He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of prioritising political battles over security, alleging the use of “thugs, infiltrators, and hired hooligans” to disrupt opposition meetings in Kaduna, Kebbi, and Ogun States, while security agencies reportedly failed to intervene or even blamed the victims.
 
He said the silence of the APC leadership is “proof of complicity,” warning that violence is a vicious circle that would eventually consume those who use it.
 
Atiku urged the police to uphold neutrality, fairness, and constitutional duty, stressing that the force is funded by taxpayers, not political parties.