To resolve the current ethnic conflicts and deaths around the nation, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, called President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday to halt his retreat in France and return home.
In a message released on his official X account, Obi made the request.
The petition was made four days after the Presidency denied rumours that Tinubu had travelled to France to consult with physicians, stating that the trip was for work.
The explanation was provided by Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, during his appearance as a guest on Politics Today on Channels Television.
Bwala was responding to the assertion made by well-known politician and activist Omoyele Sowore that the President was travelling to France for medical treatment.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Sowore claimed that Tinubu’s departure was for medical treatment, despite his spokeswoman, Bayo Onanuga, revealing that the former leader is scheduled to return to Nigeria in “about a fortnight.”
However, Obi cautioned that the President’s prolonged absence abroad will make the nation’s growing insecurity much worse.
He said, “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.
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“In the 2 weeks you have been away, over 150 Nigerians have lost their lives to insecurity across Nigeria, especially in Plateau and Zamfara states. The repeated pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta, further reflect a nation in distress.
“In the North East, Borno State leaders are bemoaning the return of insurgency, with troops and civilians being killed randomly. In the Southeast, the story is the same: killings and abductions. Amid all these, the CEO of the troubled company called Nigeria, is retreating to a faraway land in France from the company’s headquarters.
“I, therefore, like to urge Mr President to quickly suspend whatever he is doing in France and rush home to take responsibility by addressing these disturbing issues. That is the new Nigeria that the nation seeks.”
