Atiku To Tinubu: Come Back Home, Nigeria In Crisis

Presidential hopeful of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to return home and attend to the pressing problems in the country.

According to Abubakar, some of the crisis currently facing the country include, killings terrorism, hunger, economic despair, cost of living crisis, among others, saying the president should cut short his trip abroad and return home to address them.

The former vice president was reacting to the controversy surrounding President Tinubu’s photo shot with Rwanda President, Paul Kegame in France.

The Presidency shared the photograph at the weekend, which has been described by not a few Nigerians as AI generated. The administration, however, rebuffed its critics, insisting the picture is real.

Reacting, in a post shared by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, the former PDP presidential candidate said the administration chose to involve itself in unnecessary controversy, when the country is in a serious crisis.

Abubakar said while “Nigerians are crushed by hunger, insecurity, collapsing businesses, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis,” the president is fiddling away in France, when the country needed his presence to tackle the myriads of crisis plaguing the country.

The statement read:” The Presidency’s latest ‘Stop Press’ is a textbook case of misplaced priorities and official shamelessness. At a moment when Nigerians are crushed by hunger, insecurity, collapsing businesses, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, the Presidency chose to brief the nation on who the President had lunch with and who he dined with in Paris.

“That is not leadership. It is tone-deafness in power. While communities in Niger State and other parts of the country are under attack and families can no longer afford basic food, the Presidency is busy explaining camera phones, image quality, and photo editing. By the way, why is Tinubu’s plate empty? Nigerians did not ask for a Paris menu. They asked for leadership.

“On the claim of AI or forgery, the outrage is unconvincing. A presidency repeatedly entangled in controversies over forged or questionable documents cannot suddenly pretend to be shocked by public skepticism.

“When credibility is eroded, doubt follows naturally. Instead of asking why trust has collapsed, the Presidency is lecturing Nigerians and attacking the media.

“The real falsehood is not a photograph. It is the daily distortion of leadership priorities. Nigeria is burning.

“The Presidency is editing pictures.

“It is time for the Presidency to abandon public relations theatrics, return home, and confront the emergencies facing Nigerians—hunger, insecurity, and economic collapse—with urgency, humility, and action. That is the minimum Nigerians expect.”

Tinubu departed the country late December last year, and is expected to be back this month, Presidency sources said.