- The ADC said it was unacceptable that Tinubu’s whereabouts for five days were unknown while the country grapples with insecurity and economic hardship
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has asked President Bola Tinubu to come clean about his itinerary over the last week.
Recall that Tinubu left Nigeria on June 28, 2025, on a two-nation visit to St. Lucia and Brazil.
From St. Lucia, Tinubu reportedly headed for the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A statement by the Nigerian Presidency said the BRICS summit in Brazil was held between July 6 and 7th.
After the summit ended, Tinubu’s whereabouts were shrouded in secrecy until the early hours of Sunday when he returned to Nigeria.
The Presidency failed to provide any reason to Nigerians for Tinubu’s disappearance from public view for five days.
Reacting to the development on Sunday, ADC, in a statement by its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, challenged Tinubu to explain to Nigerians his whereabouts after the BRICS summit in Brazil.
Abdullahi said the ADC is extending a “weary welcome” to Tinubu for finally returning to the country five days after the end of the 2025 BRICS Summit which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The ADC said it was unacceptable that Tinubu’s whereabouts for five days were unknown while the country grapples with insecurity and economic hardship.
The statement said, “Since the summit ended on Monday, July 7th, all the other world leaders who were in attendance returned home, briefed their citizens, and got back to work. But our President?
“He only reappeared in Abuja in the early hours of Sunday, July 13—without a word, without a briefing, or any explanation as to why his return to the country had been delayed.
“A whole five days is significant in the life of a country, especially a country like ours battling with several existential challenges of insecurity and a tottering economy that has made life increasingly difficult for the majority of Nigerians.”
The party stressed that since Tinubu was not on holiday during his trip, he owes Nigerians a duty to explain his whereabouts for those days