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In a statement personally signed by him on Saturday, Atiku said it was “deeply unfortunate” that despite the worsening insecurity across the country, President Tinubu had not visited any of the affected states to sympathise with grieving citizens.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Plateau State, describing it as proof that the president’s priorities do not align with the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.

In a statement personally signed by him on Saturday, Atiku said it was “deeply unfortunate” that despite the worsening insecurity across the country, President Tinubu had not visited any of the affected states to sympathise with grieving citizens.

"With large swathes of the country still under siege from unrelenting insecurity and thousands of innocent lives lost, it is deeply unfortunate that President Bola Tinubu has not, for once, found it worthy to visit any of the affected states to commiserate with the grieving citizens," Atiku said.

He lamented that the president only chose to visit Plateau — “one of the most terrorized parts of the North Central” — to attend a social event hosted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, rather than to console victims of recent attacks.

"Today, however, the President suddenly remembered Plateau State — one of the most terrorized parts of the North Central — not to share in the people’s pain, but to attend a social event under the auspices of his party’s national chairman," he stated.

"It is a sad reflection of priorities and a glaring mockery of leadership that while families in Plateau continue to bury their loved ones, President Tinubu chose to grace a political funeral rather than stand with the people in their darkest hour."

According to Atiku, the president’s actions amounted to “a heartless exhibition of disregard for empathy, compassion, and the dignity of human life.”

"Between the APC National Chairman and his President, what we witnessed today is a heartless exhibition of disregard for empathy, compassion, and the dignity of human life," he said.

The former vice president further decried what he described as the government’s continued insensitivity to victims of violence across the North Central states.

"From Benue to Niger and most recently Kwara, the entire North Central region has endured some of the most horrific waves of violence in recent history. Yet, not once has the APC-led government deemed it necessary to physically stand by the victims or console their families," Atiku said.

He recalled that even during Tinubu’s symbolic visit to Benue State in June, the president avoided the areas most affected by violence.

"Even when Tinubu made a symbolic visit to Benue State in June, he never bothered to set foot in Yelewata — the epicentre of the massacre. Instead, he ended his trip comfortably in Makurdi, turning his back on the people whose tears and blood still stain the soil," Atiku noted.

"Now again, he is in Plateau State, not to console the bereaved or reassure the broken, but to celebrate and make merry with his party elite while the people mourn," he added.

Atiku said Tinubu’s actions have sent a clear message to Nigerians about his leadership style.

"The message could not be clearer: this is a President who would rather feast than feel — a leader who finds pleasure where the people find pain," he said.

He warned that Nigerians are paying attention and will remember the president’s choices.

"The Nigerian people are watching — and they will remember," he concluded.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Tinubu was at the funeral service of Lydia Yilwatda, mother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda.

Plateau has experienced series of Kidnappings, killings and destruction of properties by bandits.

seunmsg:
The good people of Plateau state are very happy and appreciative of Mr. President’s visit. A lot has been done in ensuring the security of lives and properties in the state and the people are well aware of this.

This insecurity that Mr. President is tackling in the North Central region has direct link to Atiku and Fulani’s quest to cleanse the region off Christians and other minorities and then takeover their lands. So, who does Atiku think he’s deceiving when we all know where he stands? If the likes of Atiku and El- Rufai ever gets power again at the Federal level, they will ensure the good people of Plateau state are displaced and their lands taken over by Fulani herdsmen.

seunmsg:
The good people of Plateau state are very happy and appreciative of Mr. President’s visit. A lot has been done in ensuring the security of lives and properties in the state and the people are well aware of this.

This insecurity that Mr. President is tackling in the North Central region has direct link to Atiku and Fulani’s quest to cleanse the region off Christians and other minorities and then takeover their lands. So, who does Atiku think he’s deceiving when we all know where he stands? If the likes of Atiku and El- Rufai ever gets power again at the Federal level, they will ensure the good people of Plateau state are displaced and their lands taken over by Fulani herdsmen.

seunmsg:
The good people of Plateau state are very happy and appreciative of Mr. President’s visit. A lot has been done in ensuring the security of lives and properties in the state and the people are well aware of this.

This insecurity that Mr. President is tackling in the North Central region has direct link to Atiku and Fulani’s quest to cleanse the region off Christians and other minorities and then takeover their lands. So, who does Atiku think he’s deceiving when we all know where he stands? If the likes of Atiku and El- Rufai ever gets power again at the Federal level, they will ensure the good people of Plateau state are displaced and their lands taken over by Fulani herdsmen.

Kemetian:
NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD ME ATIKU'S SOURCE OF WEALTH.

HOW IS HE SO RICH?

WHAT'S HIS JOB??

MR LORD OF DUBAI.

seunmsg:
The good people of Plateau state are very happy and appreciative of Mr. President’s visit. A lot has been done in ensuring the security of lives and properties in the state and the people are well aware of this.

This insecurity that Mr. President is tackling in the North Central region has direct link to Atiku and Fulani’s quest to cleanse the region off Christians and other minorities and then takeover their lands. So, who does Atiku think he’s deceiving when we all know where he stands? If the likes of Atiku and El- Rufai ever gets power again at the Federal level, they will ensure the good people of Plateau state are displaced and their lands taken over by Fulani herdsmen.

treesun:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/04/atiku-lambasts-tinubu-you-visit-plateau-social-event-ignore-places-where-nigerians-are

chisomkachy:
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s first supplementary budget includes a fleet of SUVs for himself and his wife, a presidential yacht and the renovation of his villa amid a cost-of-living crisis for some of the poorest people in the world.

The proposal — which seeks additional funding beyond the annual budget approved by Tinubu’s predecessor — comes as the government asks Nigerians to persevere through pain caused in part by a raft of economic reforms ushered in by the new president. Africa’s most populous country faces rampant unemployment, soaring food prices and a plummeting currency.

Federal lawmakers approved the president’s request for extra spending on Thursday, but eliminated the provision of 5 billion naira ($6.01 million) to buy a presidential yacht. Instead, they doubled the allocation to a student loan fund to 10 billion naira, according Abubakar Bichi, chairman of an appropriations committee in the House of Representatives.

The lawmakers approved 1.5 billion-naira proposed to purchase SUVs for the office of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu — an amount larger than that allocated to many individual federal colleges. The supplementary budget also proposes almost 6 billion naira to purchase SUVs for the presidency — more than the amount initially allocated to fund a student loan program for poor families.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-02/nigeria-budgets-for-suvs-and-yachts-amid-economic-hardship

MaziObinnaokija:
Baba Mikano should talk to his pipu
They are the masquerades behind insecurities in the country.

Same man told us his mission is to make his FRIENDS RICH and nothing consign him with the POOR.Statement like this breed CRIMINALS

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW

— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019

Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html

Ttalk:
Atiku you that doesn't live in Nigeria only to come every 4 years to come and contest for president is far worse