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Obi: It’s outrageous Tinubu hasn’t called Makinde 50 days after Ogbomoso school abduction

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticised President Bola Tinubu for “failing to call” Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, over the abduction of schoolchildren in Ogbomoso.

In a statement on Monday, Obi said he was shocked to learn that Tinubu had not spoken with Makinde more than 50 days after gunmen abducted pupils and teachers in Ogbomoso, describing the development as “evidence of a worsening leadership crisis” in the country.

Obi said he travelled to Ibadan on Friday with Pat Utomi, economist and political activist, to express solidarity with Makinde over the abduction, noting that the prolonged captivity of the victims had become a national tragedy.

According to him, it was during the meeting that he discovered the president had not reached out to the Oyo governor over the incident.

“During our two-hour meeting, I shared my experience in addressing insecurity as Governor of Anambra State. I recalled how President Olusegun Obasanjo, and later Presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, would personally call us several times whenever we faced major security challenges,” Obi said.

“But, to my utmost shock, I discovered that, contrary to my assumption that they had been in regular communication over the matter, Governor Seyi Makinde had not received a single call from President Bola Tinubu.”

The former Anambra governor said the president’s response contrasted sharply with the outrage that followed the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Obi recalled that Tinubu was among those who strongly criticised Jonathan at the time for delaying his response to the crisis.

“I vividly recall that the current President, Bola Tinubu, led a team of vocal critics who called for President Jonathan’s immediate resignation over the incident, citing his delay in calling the state governor,” he said.

“Today, under President Tinubu, there have been more than 13 school kidnappings, yet the President has found it difficult to call the affected state’s chief executive after more than 50 days (over seven weeks). This is outrageous.”

Obi said the government’s handling of insecurity had left many Nigerians feeling abandoned, arguing that the continued abduction of schoolchildren and other citizens reflected a deeper failure of governance.

“I cannot imagine any issue more important than the lives of our kidnapped children, their teachers, and the many other Nigerians being held captive across the country. It is now an indisputable fact that governance has completely collapsed under this administration,” he added.

“The situation reflects a total lack of capacity and compassion, compounded by glaring insensitivity.”

Obi said the president should either resign or decline to seek another term in office if he could not provide the leadership required to address the country’s security challenges.

“Amid such an apparent display of incompetence, the President should either resign or, at the very least, abstain from seeking re-election for the sake of our dear country. This call is patriotic, not political,” Obi said.

aswani:
Haba Pétérù the Saint, did Makinde or President Tinubu tell you they haven't spoken.

Obidients, una see una oga don start him cho cho cho again, afta una go tok say na private citizen, make pipo leave am alone.

Assassina:
Tinubu should resign now before it's too late

Kalashnikov49:
Haba na...

Makinde was the person that told Peter obi na!!

How can you be playing g politics with the luves of your own people, because of a man that will never regard you?

Haba na..

aswani:
I stand corrected on this.

Make una Obidients not vex say I mistake dis time as I nor read di tin well.

Kalashnikov49:
You and who dey do that nonsense back and forth. ? You are pathetic to say the least. So you didn't read before being shameless in your response to a thread?

Getat from here ..

Nonsense

HacheNoire:
Nonsense!

If Seyi cannot call His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), then he should keep quiet and stop complaining to Peter.

The president is coordinating with security forces to rescue victims.

Moreover, what constitution all provision demands His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) to call Seyi?

Kalashnikov49:
Tinubu is not fit to be a sewage disposal coordinator, let alone e President.

HacheNoire:
You have a right to your opinion! It’s yours only!

aswani:
Haba Pétérù the Saint, did Makinde or President Tinubu tell you they haven't spoken.

Obidients, una see una oga don start him cho cho cho again, afta una go tok say na private citizen, make pipo leave am alone.

Edit: Makinde told Peter Obi that President Tinubu hasn't called him. Why it is Peter Obí to tell the nation this, I am not sure. Peter amẹbọ olofofo, bikonu mechionu.

Kalashnikov49:
I speak for alot of sensible people and they are in their millions.

Ofunaofu:
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-its-outrageous-tinubu-hasnt-called-makinde-50-days-after-ogbomoso-school-abduction/

Kalashnikov49:
The next end sars will be a bloody revolution. Its brewing but the dinosaur is still acting indifferent

datola:
Leave Peter Obi alone. He's doing the work of oppostion perfectly. He should be putting governemt officials on their toes.

Tinubu did worse/better when he was on that side.

aswani:
Haba Pétérù the Saint, did Makinde or President Tinubu tell you they haven't spoken.

Obidients, una see una oga don start him cho cho cho again, afta una go tok say na private citizen, make pipo leave am alone.

Edit: Makinde told Peter Obi that President Tinubu hasn't called him. Why it is Peter Obí to tell the nation this, I am not sure. Peter amẹbọ olofofo, bikonu mechionu.

Amovingman:
Umahi or otti is better than this Peter Obi

He'll show his true colour once he become president