Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria, has accused President Bola Tinubu of gallivanting across Europe while Nigeria is bleeding due to repeated attacks by armed assailants, leading to deaths in some parts of the Country.
The President departed Nigeria on April 2, 2025 for a “two weeks working visit to France and has yet to return despite the killings across some Communities across Plateau, Benue, Borno States of Nigeria by terrorists groups.
TheNewspad reports that the worsening security crisis that seems to have overwhelmed the security Forces has led to a growing concern amongst stakeholders.
In a statement shared on Meta formerly known as Facebook, Atiku said, “Tinubu administration has proven, time and again, to be utterly incapable, wholly incompetent, and completely devoid of any coherent ideas for tackling Nigeria’s deepening security crisis.
“This is not just my position — it is a growing consensus among political opposition leaders, respected security experts, and even members within the ruling party who, though too timid to speak publicly, confess this uncomfortable truth behind closed doors.
“Yet President Bola Tinubu, incapable of solving Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, chooses instead to gallivant across Europe — governing Nigeria in absentia as if from a holiday perch. If he cannot act, the least he can do is show up.
“If he cannot lead with empathy, he should at least attempt the performance of it. Nigeria is bleeding. Nigerians are dying. The president is nowhere to be found”, he said.
According him, “The blood of innocent Nigerians continues to be spilled with appalling regularity—most recently in the Logo and Gbagir Communities of Ukum LGA in Benue State. Yet, the Tinubu presidency remains disturbingly indifferent, displaying neither urgency nor the basic decency of public empathy.
“Leadership demands presence. In 2016, President Barack Obama cut short an important diplomatic visit to return home after five police officers were killed in a lone gunman attack. In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa abandoned a state visit to Egypt to return to South Africa amid an electricity crisis.
“Even U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, heavily criticized for fleeing to Mexico during a deadly winter storm in Texas, eventually returned and acknowledged his mistake.
“In our own history, President Goodluck Jonathan returned from Equatorial Guinea in 2014 following a deadly bomb blast in Abuja. That is the expected minimum in moments of national trauma”, the ex-Vice President said.
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