More worrisome about Bago was the decision of the Niger State government to rename the only international airport in the state after President Bola Tinubu. The airport, which hitherto, bore the name of an illustrious Northerner and son of Niger State, Abubakar Imam, has been renamed after Tinubu. Niger State journalists know the script: detentions, intimidation, and now, threats of closure. Umar Pategi, a pepper seller at Sango market who hails from Pategi, Niger state, said Bago “is a good man. He stated, “That is how touts are employed.”He won the APC gubernatorial primary elections in Niger state ahead of the 2023 general elections.