Obi To Tinubu: “Cut Short Paris Holidays, Your Country Now A Killing Field”

By Charles Igbo

Taking a sad look at the insecurity in the country, the human blood which has been flowing like a river, especially, in the past two weeks, Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election, has literally called President Bola Tinubu, Nero, the Roman Emperor who was partying while the Empire was on fire.

President Tinubu has been away from Nigeria to Paris, France, where he is said to be on a working visit. He would use the period as a retreat to assess his Government’s, two years after – a kind of mid-term assessment.

But since Tinubu left, the country has literally become a killing field with the blood of the innocent flowing like a river. From Plateau to Benue to Zamfara, the blood flow is overwhelming. Blood thirsty killers are on rampage. The dozens kidnapped and killed in other States of the Federation are there. The dozens still in the den of kidnappers whose fate is unknown are there. And the President is in Paris.

Lamenting in a post on his X page, Obi decried this situation where the President sits pretty in Paris while Nigeria is on fire. He asked President Tinubu to cut short his trip and return home immediately to take charge; to fulfill his primary responsibility.

Titled “Mr. President, Domestic problems Beacons, Obi wrote:

“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.

“This urgent call has become necessary following the rising incidents of crimes and criminalities all over Nigeria with an apparent absence of governance. In the 2 weeks you have been away, over 150 Nigerians have lost their lives to insecurity across Nigeria, especially in the 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.

“The primary duty 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.

“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.

“That is the new Nigeria that the nation seeks.”