Presidency Explains Security Deployment at Abuja City Gate Amid Obi-Kwankwaso March

Military personnel and officers from the DSS, Nigeria Police Force and Civil Defence Corps were deployed at Abuja City Gate on Saturday as a march sought to mobilise support for Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso. Dayo Olusegun, President Bola Tinubu’s social media aide, denied that the security presence was linked to the march, saying it was standard procedure when the president travels. He said the deployment should not be seen as an attempt to suppress the opposition and that the Tinubu administration would uphold democratic principles and the rule of law. Tinubu was in Kaduna State to launch his presidential campaign ahead of the January 16, 2027 election.