ADC Demands Explanation for President Tinubu’s Five-Day Absence After BRICS Summit

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised serious concerns over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unexplained five-day disappearance from public view following his return from the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

President Tinubu, who returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, was last seen publicly on Monday, July 7, when the summit ended. His absence has sparked widespread speculation and drawn criticism from opposition leaders, particularly regarding the lack of transparency and accountability from the presidency.

ADC Criticizes Lack of Transparency in Leadership In a statement signed by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Interim National Publicity Secretary of the ADC and spokesperson for the opposition coalition, the party expressed deep disappointment at what it described as an “unexplained delay” in the President’s return to duty... Read complete content click link below

“Five days is a significant gap in national leadership, especially for a country grappling with high levels of insecurity and economic instability,” Abdullahi said. “The President was not on vacation; he was on official assignment. Those five days cannot be dismissed, and Nigerians deserve a clear explanation.”

The ADC noted that other world leaders promptly resumed official duties and addressed their citizens after the summit. In contrast, President Tinubu’s prolonged silence has left Nigerians uncertain about his whereabouts and activities during that period.