Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu, to cut short his holidays in France and come back to Nigeria to attend to athe security challenges facing the country.
Atiku in a statement by his media aide Paul Ibe, said Nigeria is in a state of emergency.
The former vice president noted that “while Tinubu dines under chandeliers in the land of good governance, the country he governs is spiraling into chaos.
“Plateau has turned into a killing field — over 100 lives lost in relentless attacks. Benue is bleeding. Boko Haram is seizing territory. And every single day, Nigerians sink deeper into poverty, insecurity, and despair.”
He described Tinubu’s action as not just negligence but a dereliction of duty.
Atiku stated that if Tinubu had even a shred of empathy, he would cut his trip short and return immediately.
“A leader with an ounce of patriotism wouldn’t need to be begged to show up in times of crisis.
“The constitution says the security and welfare of the people is the primary purpose of government. But under Tinubu, that sacred duty has been trashed,” he said.
He faulted the official statement that the president is in a working visit in France, arguing that “there is absolutely nothing Tinubu is doing in France that he couldn’t do in Lagos, or even in Iragbiji.
“This so-called ‘working visit’ is nothing more than a vacation cloaked in official jargon.”
Atiku told Tinubu that Nigeria is in a full-blown state of emergency, noting that by the time he returns from this latest visit, the president would have spent 59 days in France since assuming office.
