{
  "id": 16290750,
  "title": "Tinubu spent more protecting billboards in few days than Kaduna people in 3 years – Odinkalu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/tinubu-spent-more-protecting-billboards-in-few-days-than-kaduna",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T05:21:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/24/tinubu-spent-more-protecting-billboards-in-few-days-than-kaduna-people-in-3-years-odinkalu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Human rights lawyer Chidi Odinkalu has harshly criticized President Bola Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani for their disproportionate focus on securing billboards, compared to the lack of attention given to protecting residents from ongoing insecurity. In a post on his X account, Odinkalu argued that if the government had devoted the same amount of effort over the past three and a half years to safeguarding the people of Kaduna as they have spent in just three and a half days protecting the billboards, significant financial resources could have been saved. His remarks came after Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, questioned Tinubu's priorities, pointing out the irony of security personnel being deployed to protect the campaign billboards while residents continue to suffer from banditry, terrorist attacks, and fear.",
  "summary": "Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu and the Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani over security arrangements for their billboards amid persistent insecurity in the state. Odinkalu accused the governments of Tinubu and Sani of failing to devote sufficient attention to protecting residents of Kaduna […] Tinubu spent…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}