Obi to Tinubu: Suspend France Trip, Return Home to Tackle Worsening Insecurity
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately end his ongoing trip to France and return to Nigeria to confront the deepening security crisis affecting the nation.
In a strongly worded statement shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account, Obi expressed grave concern over what he described as an “apparent absence of leadership” in the face of escalating violence, killings, and criminality across the country.
“I am compelled at this time in our lives as a nation to call on our retreating President’s attention to the security challenges at home, which entails that he immediately suspend his ongoing retreat in a foreign land and come home to address the overwhelming security situation across the country,” Obi said.
Highlighting disturbing figures, the former Anambra State governor stated that over 150 Nigerians have been killed in violent attacks during President Tinubu’s two-week absence, with Plateau and Zamfara states being among the worst-hit. He also cited repeated pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta, a resurgence of insurgency in the North-East, and renewed violence in the South-East.
“In Borno, leaders are lamenting the return of insurgents who now kill troops and civilians at will. In the South-East, the story is the same – killings and abductions,” he said.
Obi criticized the President’s continued stay abroad during what he described as a period of national distress. “Amid all these, the CEO of the troubling company called Nigeria is retreating in a faraway land in France from the Company’s headquarters,” he stated.
He reminded the President that the core responsibility of any government is to safeguard the lives and property of its citizens. He questioned the rationale behind holding a “retreat” in a country that has already achieved peace while Nigeria bleeds.
Obi called on Tinubu to urgently return home and take charge, noting that the fight for a better Nigeria is about impactful policies, not personalities. “I, therefore, urge Mr. President to quickly suspend whatever he is doing in France and rush home to take responsibility by addressing these disturbing issues.”
As national tension grows over the worsening security situation, Obi’s remarks have echoed the sentiments of many Nigerians increasingly disillusioned by the federal government’s perceived inaction.
