President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Atiku Abubakar Isah, has released pictures allegedly depicting injuries he sustained in the hands of sponsored thugs which he claimed were working for Seyi, the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Isah also alleged that Seyi Tinubu orchestrated his abduction, torture, and forced resignation following his refusal of a N100 million bribe in Lagos.
In a trending video confession on social media, Isah alleged that he was abducted on April 15, 2025, shortly after filing a formal complaint at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja regarding threats to his life, adding that his abduction was politically motivated and part of a broader plot to remove him from office by force.
According to him; “They offered me N100 million to resign as NANS President. I rejected it because I was elected by the Nigerian students, not politicians. That was when they came for me, I was blindfolded, stripped naked, physically assaulted, and taken to an undisclosed location where I was coerced into recording a scripted resignation speech.
“The video was later broadcast on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), which was part of a state-backed propaganda effort. They forced me to read a resignation script and aired it on NTA to make it look legitimate. It was psychological and physical torture,” Isah said’
The NANS President also alleged that Seyi Tinubu perceived his student leadership as a political threat, especially after the 125th NANS Convention in Abuja, where Tinubu reportedly expressed disdain for his emergence as president.
In his words; “Seyi Tinubu is a bad influence on Nigerian youths. He has no respect for democratic processes or student voices. He is using the state machinery to silence opposition”.
Isah said that his legal counsel, Barr. A.O. Ochogwu, has since petitioned the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), demanding an investigation, adding that the petition listed Seyi Tinubu, Olusola Ladoja (a rival factional leader), and unnamed NTA officials as accomplices in the abduction and abuse he suffered.
However, in swift response, a group on the aegis of ‘Friends of Seyi Tinubu (FOST)’ dismissed Isah’s allegations as a “desperate smear campaign.”
FOST in a statement, described Isah as a “self-acclaimed president” of NANS and denied any political or criminal involvement by Seyi Tinubu, stressing that the allegations were baseless and politically motivated and designed to tarnish the image of a private citizen who has no role in student unionism whatsoever.
