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The Digest:

Special Adviser Daniel Bwala urged Nigerians to document and report any VIPs still using police escorts, in violation of President Tinubu’s withdrawal order. This directive explores the tension between privilege and public resource allocation, engaging citizens as active enforcers of a policy meant to redefine security prioritization.

Key Points:
  • Presidency urges public to report VIPs still using police escorts against Tinubu’s order.
  • Special Adviser Daniel Bwala asked citizens to capture photo/video evidence of violations.
  • The withdrawal order is not all-encompassing; critical government officials retain security.
  • Alternative protection may be provided by DSS or Civil Defence, but not the police.
  • The policy aims to redeploy police officers to core public safety duties.
  • Bwala clarified the directive during a Sunday interview on TVC News.
  • The appeal makes citizens active monitors of the order’s enforcement.
The call transforms public observation into a civic tool, challenging the longstanding culture of privileged protection and testing whether a redirection of security can truly be enforced from the ground up.

Sources: TVC News, Punch Newspapers.