Media entrepreneur Dele Momodu has strongly criticised the controversy surrounding the alleged suspension of police escorts for VIPs, describing the development as a calculated political manoeuvre rather than a genuine policy shift. Momodu made his remarks in a post on Instagram on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, questioning what he termed the administration’s “antics” and warning that the move could endanger prominent Nigerians. Momodu said he immediately doubted the authenticity of the list being circulated, arguing that it appeared designed to “test the waters.” He pointed to the inclusion of “most unlikely names” as evidence that the list was politically motivated.
He wrote: “When it was announced that PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU has banned the use of police escorts by VIPs, I immediately smelled a rat. First, his spin Doctors released a dummy list of those affected by the sudden and thoughtless decision, in order to test the waters. They deliberately included most unlikely names like Tinubu’s hatchetman NYESOM WIKE, TINUBU’s Chief campaigner in 2023 AISHA BUHARI, former Vice President ATIKU ABUBAKAR (who Constitutionally has permanent security details attached to him, as a former number two citizen) and others… It instantly became clear to me that ATIKU was one of their main targets.”
Momodu said he predicted that the list would be retracted within 24 hours, a development that later occurred. He insisted his concerns were not “about any conspiracy theory” but stemmed from what he described as his understanding of the President’s “antics, mindset and modus operandi.” He continued: “But what TINUBU is toying with is not only dangerous but gravely unprecedented. He is willing and ready to set fire to an entire village in order to catch a few rodents. His motives are not pure. He is deliberately setting up the poor against the accomplished Nigerians who deserve maximum security, and can afford to pay the Nigeria Police VIP unit for a protection that is sadly lacking to all.”
Momodu warned that exposing successful Nigerians to insecurity was “preposterously myopic and visionless,” adding that no nation could afford to leave its productive citizens vulnerable to bandits and kidnappers. He also alleged that the development was part of a political strategy to weaken opposition figures. “His rambunctious supporters have already crumbled the major political parties. Their next move is to ensure that the ATIKUs who can provide robust opposition to his ambition of a maximum rulership must be denied of security,” he wrote. He concluded by cautioning that the country was being led “to GOLGOTHA.” View, More,
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