By CHIDI MATTHEW NWACHUKWU

Labour Party 2023 Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has berated President Bola Tinubu for abandoning the country in the face of searing insecurity and multiple other challenges, to vacation in France.

Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Obi lamented the insecurity that has besieged the country in the two weeks that the President has been away. He and called on him to abandon whatever he is doing in France and return to the country to deal with the burning issues plaguing it.

Obi’s words: “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 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 in a far away land in France from the Company’s headquarters.”

The former Anambra Governor reiterated the primary purpose of governance which is to secure lives and property, and wondered why the President would choose to vacation in a country which has worked hard to secure its own peace rather returning to his own country to do likewise.

“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.

“A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO,” stressed Obi.