Tinubu’s Aide Challenges Atiku Over Delay In Questioning Lekki Shooting, Says ‘You Visited Buhari Twice And Didn’t Ask’

Dada Olusegun, Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, has attacked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over his criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government’s handling of the 2020 Lekki Toll Gate shooting and the economic hardship facing Nigerians.

Olusegun, who is also the National Convener of the PBAT, dismissed Atiku’s submission as a cheap political stunt, reminding him of his recent visits to former President Buhari, who was in office during the Lekki incident.

Less than a year later, on the 11th of April 2025, you visited him again at his retirement home in Kaduna, renovated by President Tinubu.

Those two opportunities presented you with chances to ask former President Buhari, who was President at the time of the Lekki Toll Gate protests, the questions you are now asking President Tinubu.

The presidential aide further defended his principal, noting that Tinubu was an ordinary citizen in 2020 and suffered immense personal losses during the protests.

Olusegun suggested that Atiku’s focus on the issue was a calculated attempt to gain political leverage, noting that Atiku had previously criticized the victims of the shooting themselves, stating: ‘How were they there? How long were they there? What kind of characters are they?’