Tinubu “Locking Up All Our Boys’ From The North For Criticising His Govt- Ex-SGF

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been accused of punishing Nigerians, particularly northerners who speak against his government.

The allegation was made by a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, who also noted that the president will have to do more to appease northern voters to get their support in the 2027 election.

According to the former federal government scribe, the administration of Tinubu has impoverished more people in the region through his economic policies, adding that the president need to do more to remove “poverty in the land.”

He said any body from the north who spoke against the administration has not been spared, they are locked up in detention, he said, as “the right to even dissent is now a crime in northern Nigeria. He’s locking up all our boys that are publicly complaining about his policies.”

The policies being adopted by the administration, the former SGF said “is rigging the lives of our people from existence,” adding that how the president came to power did not matter so long it’s doing the right thing urging him to adopt positive policies “that will remove the poverty in the land.”

The president, he said “risked losing the 2027 election” if he continues in the same trajectory.

Lawal: “Let him run a good programme that will remove the poverty in the land. It’s not about him but his bad policies. They are throwing every Nigerian, and particularly the North, into distress. Let him make good policies. Let him listen.

“Unfortunately, when they give them a piece of advice, they will release their attack dogs and even his information managers to go after you. The right to even dissent is now a crime in northern Nigeria. He’s locking up all our boys that are publicly complaining about his policies. So, all these things also add to the tension in the North.

“If Tinubu were to change and Nigerians are happy, we will hail him. When you do the right thing, and Nigerians are happy, nobody will bother about how he came to the government. Now, he is rigging the lives of our people from existence.”

Lawal, a former ally of the president, parted ways with him ahead the 2023 presidential election, supporting Peter Obi of the Labour Party instead, he cited the Muslim/Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the presidential election.