Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Tinubu to step aside if he cannot secure the country and address the collapsing economy.
Writing on X, Abubakar, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, said Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria is drowning in the ocean of insecurity and collapsing economy.
He called on the President to step aside if the shoes are too big for him as Nigeria does not need another “Tourist-in-Chief.”
Abubakar added that Nigeria needs a leadership that is always available to confront the pervasive insecurity and the dwindling economy.
“To imagine that the Commander-in-Chief is on a so-called private visit while kidnappers kill a nursing mother and grandmother in Abuja for failing to pay N90m ransom and two monarchs in Ekiti, among other regular tragedies besetting Nigerians”, he wrote.
“If the shoes are too big for ‘Emilokan’, he should step aside, Nigeria does not need another Tourist-in-Chief.
“The country needs 24/7 leadership to confront the pervasive insecurity and collapsing economy.”
On January 24, Tinubu left Nigeria for a private visit to France amid raising insecurity across the country and economic challenges.
