Nigeria now under America’s state capture, as US Embassy, NSA Office arresting critics of USA, Israel over Iran war – David Hundeyin
By KEMI KASUMU
The platform cited two cases involving Nigerian social media users identified as Sani Buhari and Abubakar Adamu. It alleged that both individuals were detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) over posts critical of Israeli actions in Palestine, as well as remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The censorship that United States of America and Israel impose on both their respective citizens and media against revealing, reporting and criticising the two countries over their unprovoked war in Iran may have been given a through passing into the operational space of Nigeria, it the information reaching us from David Hundeyin’s Sovereign Media is correct.
In a post accompanied with a video and titled, “NIGERIA IS NOW DIRECTLY UNDER US STATE CAPTURE”, the Sovereign Media reported a breaking news that said “U.S. Embassy in Nigeria Now Directly Coordinates With NSA’s Office To Arrest Nigerian Citizens Over Criticism of Israel, USA”. According to the report, Nigerian individuals who criticize the United States of America or Israel are now to face arrest and prosecution.
The platform cited two cases involving Nigerian social media users identified as Sani Buhari and Abubakar Adamu. It alleged that both individuals were detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) over posts critical of Israeli actions in Palestine, as well as remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former U.S. President Donald Trump. Buhari has reportedly been released, while Adamu remains in custody, according to the claims.
Sovereign Media further linked the alleged developments to broader geopolitical shifts under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, asserting that Nigeria’s foreign and security policies have increasingly aligned with Western powers. The report referenced an unverified claim that Nigeria intervened in a coup attempt in Benin at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.
“In a stunning development, the United States Embassy in Nigeria has established a direct coordination framework with the Office of the National Security Adviser to monitor the social media activities of Nigerian citizens, directly recommending individuals for arrest and prosecution based on their online criticism of Israel and the United States. Under this framework, exclusively revealed to Sovereign Media, two Nigerian social media users, Sani Buhari and Abubakar Adamu, were recently arrested by the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and charged in court for posts on X that were critical of Israel’s genocide in Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US president Donald Trump. Buhari was eventually released, but only after posting a clearly forced apology to the US Embassy on his X handle by the DSS, while Adamu remains in custody.
“Since Bola Ahmed Tinubu took power in Nigeria in 2023, West Africa’s erstwhile regional pillar, whose foreign policy still officially follows an “Africa First” doctrine, has increasingly begun operating as a satellite extension of western powers, including France and the US. For example, in December 2025, during a coup attempt in Benin, Tinubu deployed Nigerian air and ground forces to quell the attempt on the orders of French president Emmanuel Macron.
“The escalating pattern of policy decisions and geopolitical moves locking Nigeria into multiple security partnerships with western governments is raising the real possibility of the country being retrofitted into a vassal state without the ability to set its own internal security priorities, with foreign interests dictating what its citizens are allowed to say. If Nigeria’s compromised foreign policy posture is not addressed quickly, Africa could see one of its most important countries abandon its historic role as a pillar of Pan-African support and turn into the continent’s most dangerous vassal state.”
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The allegations, which have not been independently verified, raise concerns about sovereignty, freedom of expression, and Nigeria’s evolving role in international security partnerships. Neither Nigerian authorities nor the U.S. Embassy have publicly responded to the claims at the time of reporting.
Analysts note that if substantiated, such developments could signal a significant shift in Nigeria’s internal security operations and its long-standing “Africa First” foreign policy stance.
