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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described President Bola Tinubu’s order to withdraw police officers from very important personalities (VIPs) as a political gesture that does not address Nigeria’s escalating security crisis.
On Sunday, the president ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs across the country.
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, said Tinubu ordered that the personnel be redeployed to core policing duties in communities.
However, in a statement on Monday, Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the ADC, said the move amounted to “grandstanding” and reflected a poor understanding of the nation’s security challenges.
Abdullahi said the decision was not new, noting that similar announcements had been made twice in 2025 by the inspector-general of police (IGP).
He said the latest order “makes for good headlines” but failed to confront the complexity of terrorism, banditry, mass abductions, and violent crime across the country.
