Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately return home to confront rising insecurity.
Obi said this on Wednesday on his X handle in response to the recent increase in the killings and kidnappings in Plateau, Zamfara, Borno and some other parts of the country.
President Tinubu departed for France on April 2 on a two-week “working visit”.
Today is exactly two weeks since Tinubu left and is expected to return.
According to Obi, he was forced to ask “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.”
He said his urgent call became necessary following the rising crimes and criminalities all over Nigeria with an apparent absence of governance.
“In the two 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 South East, the story is the same: killings and abduction.
“Amid all these, the CEO of the troubling company called Nigeria is retreating far away land in France from the company’s headquarters,” Obi said.
Obi said the basic responsibility of any government is securing the lives and property of its citizens and “one wonders the type of retreat going on in another country where peace has been secured by their leaders while blood continues to flow in our country.”
He also said the fight for a better Nigeria is not about individuals; it is about ensuring that every citizen can see, feel, and benefit from the policies and decisions of those in power.
“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,” Obi said.
