T£nsion as Former Nigerian VP Warns Tinubu About ‘D!sturbing’ Situation

Tension as Former Nigerian VP Warns Tinubu About ‘Disturbing’ Situation

Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a stern warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing his administration of sliding the country toward authoritarian rule.

In a strongly worded opinion piece titled “A Nation Gripped in the Throes of Fear,” Atiku alleged that Nigeria was fast becoming a police state, where citizens, journalists, and activists face harassment for expressing dissent.

“There is a disturbing yet growing pattern by which the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues to muzzle free speech and erode the integrity of our democracy.

“If this creeping culture of repression continues unchecked, it will ultimately turn the government into a bully, and make subjects of free citizens,” Atiku wrote.

Atiku: “Cyberstalking Act now a tool of tyranny”

The former Vice President condemned the use of the Cyberstalking Act to clamp down on government critics, describing it as a “modern tool of tyranny reminiscent of colonial sedition laws.”

He continued:

“Under the obnoxious Cyberstalking Act, this government has metamorphosed into a leviathan, one that thrives on fear and seeks to silence the very voices that sustain democracy. This is an aberration, an affront to freedom, and it must be roundly rejected.”

Atiku said laws that limit free expression are undemocratic and unconstitutional, urging Nigerians to defend their right to speak without fear.

Atiku accuses Tinubu government of weaponising state institutions

Atiku accused the Tinubu administration of using state institutions to suppress opposition and disobey court orders, saying such actions weaken democracy and the rule of law.