NIGERIA · POLITICS & TRADE
Key Facts
—The rebuttal: Nigeria’s presidency says the country’s land borders are already open, dismissing a 2027 campaign pledge by opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar to “open the borders.”
—Who said it: Sunday Dare, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on media, in a State House statement dated 28 August titled “Atiku and the Borders: Nigerians Deserve Facts, Not Campaign Slogans.”
—The record: Most land borders were reopened on 14 March 2024, the statement says, and in February 2026 customs reopened the Kamba and Tsamiya corridors in Kebbi State on Tinubu’s directive.
