The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Sunday challenged President Bola Tinubu to explain to Nigerians where he traveled to after the end of the BRICS summit in Brazil.

On June 28, 2025, Tinubu departed Nigeria on a two-nation visit to St. Lucia and Brazil.

From St. Lucia, Tinubu reportedly headed for the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janiero in Brazil.

A statement by the Nigerian Presidency said the BRICS summit in Brazil held between July 6 and 7th.

After the summit ended, Tinubu’s whereabouts was unknown until the early hours of Sunday when he returned to Nigeria.

The Presidency failed to issue any explanation to Nigerians on Tinubu whereabouts for six days.

Reacting to the development on Sunday, ADC, in a statement by its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, challenged Tinubu to tell Nigerians where he was during the six days period.

Abdullahi said the ADC extended 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 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 holidays during his trip, he owes Nigerians a duty to explain his whereabouts for those days.

The Chief Imam of Uromi and President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, Edo-Delta Chapter, Sheikh Murtadho Muhammad, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Angle 90 area of Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo

Eyewitnesses said the Islamic cleric was abducted shortly after observing one of the daily prayers.

He had reportedly stepped out to buy food for his family when he was forcefully taken away near his residence.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Abdulazeez Igbinidu, described the act as inglorious and unacceptable.

He strongly condemned the abduction and called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Islamic leader.

“I am hearing that they are asking for a very big amount of money and we don’t have such.

“Even if you have, if you do such a thing, you are encouraging them,” he said.

The chairman called on the Edo government to measure up and do everything possible to protect the ordinary citizens in the state.

“They are the ones that have the apparatus for security. So they should do everything possible to ensure that Imam is released unconditionally and without harm.

“Government should also put up all efforts to ensure that the citizens are able to sleep well with the two eyes closed and work freely without fear of kidnapping or assassination,” he said.

A family source said the suspected kidnappers had since reached out, demanding a ransom of N30 million.

The incident has sparked widespread concern among the Muslim community in the state, considering the abductee’s dual role as both a revered religious leader and an advocate for youth development.

All efforts to get the confirmation of the Police Command in Edo yielded no result as its spokesperson, CSP Moses Yamu neither picked calls nor replied to a text message.

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police have arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered a stolen Toyota Corolla.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, in a statement explained that were arrested around 3am on Saturday, while attempting to escape with the vehicle.

He gave the names of the suspects as Basiru Lawal of Rogo Local Government Area in Kano State and Dahiru Mohammed of Shinge Quarters, Lafia.

According to the statement, “The duo were said to have earlier invaded a residence at Shinge by Railway Quarters, where they allegedly stole the Toyota Corolla with registration number GRU 106 AE, as well as a Jincheng motorcycle.”

Following the development, Nansel explained that the officers from ‘B’ Division responded swiftly after receiving a distress call about an ongoing armed robbery at the residence of one (name withheld), located at Shinge by Railway Quarters in Lafia.

The robbers, the statement said, operated as a gang and had fled the scene with the stolen items before the police launched a manhunt, stressing that acting on intelligence, they were intercepted and two suspects, Basiru Lawal and Dahiru Mohammed, arrested at Jibo Filling Station along Jos Road, Lafia, in possession of the stolen Toyota Corolla.

The spokesperson said efforts were ongoing to track down the fleeing gang members and recover the missing motorcycle, assuring that the suspects will be charged to court after investigation.

Nansel promised that the police would not relent in its duty to protect lives and property, describing the operation as “yet another breakthrough in the Command’s relentless fight against crime.”