【尼日利亚每日信任报】Faces behind ‘Tinubu Must Go’ campaign

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Faces behind ‘Tinubu Must Go’ campaign








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Tinubu Must Go, a slogan that began as scattered chants during Democracy Day protests in June 2026, has since crystallized into a coordinated movement.

On Tuesday, five men were arrested in Maiduguri, Borno State, on allegations that they were spotted wearing the T-Shirts of the movement but the police on Wednesday refuted the claim, saying they were arrested on suspicion of being in possession of drugs.

 The Borno State Police Command explained that the arrest and prosecution of five youths were strictly due to alleged drug possession and public disturbance, refuting widespread social media reports that the men were targeted for wearing political T-shirts.

The clarification comes in the wake of backlash and condemnation from groups including Amnesty International and the Borno State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). 

Critics had taken to conversational and social media platforms to denounce the arrests as an arbitrary clampdown on free speech, following claims that the youths were detained solely for wearing shirts bearing the inscription “Tinubu Must Go.”

However, in a press statement issued on Wednesday, the Command’s Spokesman, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, dismissed the political narrative, maintaining that the suspects were apprehended over alleged thuggery, inciting public disturbance, and the possession of illicit substances.

 According to the police, the five suspects, identified as Baba Aji Gremami, Mustapha Abba Yemen, Abacha Mohammed Ali, Adam Umar Gubio, and Abdulhamid Mohammed, were arrested on September 25, 2026, at approximately 6pm. 

ASP Daso stated that the arrest was made by officers on a routine township patrol around the West-end roundabout after the suspects engaged in conduct deemed capable of causing a public breach of peace.

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