Posters bearing the image of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which had flooded the busy Airport Expressway and other locations in Abuja amid debate over premature campaigning ahead of the 2027 general elections, have been removed.
Daily Trust observed that the campaign-style posters, which initially dotted the stretch from the City Gate to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and other strategic locations, were no longer visible as of this week. Instead, spaces previously occupied by the president’s images have been taken over by commercial advertisements and posters announcing religious programmes.
The posters appeared several months ago, triggering public debate and criticism, with many Nigerians, civil society organisations and electoral observers questioning their timing and legality.
A visit by Daily Trust along the Airport Road this week showed a clear absence of the president’s posters from the City Gate through Lugbe and Gosa corridors down to the airport. Billboards and lamp posts that once carried the images now display adverts for telecommunications companies, real estate firms and upcoming religious programmes.
“I don’t know who removed them, but I saw some people taking them down in the night , like normal workers. They were not wearing any political shirts,” he said.
