By Usman D Haidar
Sokoto state governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has come under public criticism for naming a road in the state after Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu.
The road was thitherto called “Pepsi Road” was supposed to be commissioned on Jun 3 by Katsina state governor, Umaru Dikko Radda, but was postponed.
On Saturday, a photo of the renamed road, “Seyi Ahmed Bola Tinubu Road,” went viral on social media, ahead of its rescheduled commissioning which date is yet to be announced.
A resident said the governor did not have a basis for the decision since Mr Tinubu has not played any formidable role of commemoration in Sokoto or Nigeria at large.
“The governor left many illustrious indigenes of Sokoto and instead named a road after the president’s son who is not even from Sokoto or anywhere in the northern region,” a resident, Salisu Ahmadu, told Peoples Gazette on Saturday afternoon.
