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The former Southeast Campaign Spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Josef Umunnakwe Onoh, said that the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is beckoning on the blood of innocent victims of Nigeria insecurity crisis to grandstand in the political arena.
Onoh made the allegation while reacting to Atiku’s position on the recent security breaches in Benue and Plateau states.
Atiku had accused President Tinubu’s administration of ‘disturbing indifference‘ to the rising wave of insecurity across the country and called out the President for his continuing stay in Europe amid national trauma.
Onoh, in a swift reaction, said that it was devastating and pathetic for Atiku to play cheap politics while promoting his serial political career failure, using the memory of the blood of innocent Nigeria victims of terrorism.
Onoh chided Atiku that as a former Vice President and a member of the opposition, he was bound to serve his nation in every way and manner that will foster unity, yet he fails in every way to contribute to the solutions nor suggest means of tackling the security challenges facing the country and the world at large since he projects himself as a man with the solutions.
Onoh reminded Atiku that in 2018, the Group President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, in his attempt to deepening national intervention on security donated 150 fully kitted operational vehicles to the Police Force, yet Atiku failed to support the country in any way besides using any negative outcomes to promote himself.
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He stressed that Dangote Cement Plc donated 25 operational cars, fully equipped with security features to the Ogun State Security Trust Fund (OSTF) as part of its strategic Corporate Social Responsibility towards maintaining security of lives and property and challenged Atiku to mention one security support he has ever provided to support his referendum-adopted home state, Adamawa.
“It is said that charity begins at home, as our nation faces various security challenges like many other nations in the world, the Adamawa State Executive Council approved the procurement of 25 brand new pick-up trucks from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Limited for security agencies in the state while their illustrious son by referendum who is now shouting to high heavens over the security challenges and criticizing the President.”
Yet he Atiku did nothing to support his adopted home state, neither did companies like Intels Nigeria Limited, Prodeco (Property Development Company) operating within the main territory of Nigeria and Prodeco International operating in Oil & Gas Free Zones have done anything.”
“It’s the same for Atiku Abubakar farm and ABTI schools, the major part of which is the American University of Nigeria (AUN) located in the city of Yola, capital of Adamawa State. This shows the level of hypothetical nature of Atiku,” Onoh blasted.
Onoh noted that while Atiku gave various instances on reactions of different Heads of State to disasters and insecurity challenges affecting their various countries and portrayed President Tinubu as a leader without empathy, it’s on record that same President Tinubu in December 2024 cancelled all his official events in Lagos on a Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State.
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“It’s on record that after six days in China, Tinubu left Beijing for London where he met with King Charles III in September and diverted his flight mid-air enroute to the United States back to Nigeria and immediately shelved his proposed visit to the United States, to identify with the people of Maiduguri and environs in Borno State over the then flood disaster, which almost crashed commercial and social activities in the state.”
I wish to remind Atiku that Tinubu cancelled his elaborate 70th birthday colloquium over the tragedy of terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna bound train where over 60 people died and scores were abducted.
He cancelled the 13th Colloquium in honour of victims of the Kaduna train attack.
Tinubu said,
“I have just been informed of a very sad incident in our country. Very sad indeed!
Over 60 people and many more were killed and bombed between Kaduna and Abuja just last night,” Mr Tinubu said.
“That is a very serious incident about the security of lives in this country. And it calls for a very serious sober reflection.
Tinubu said as a statesman, the “national tragedy” is not a call for celebration.
“To be here celebrating, dancing and enjoying myself doesn’t show enough concern for a statesman, as a senior citizen of this country.”
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Tinubu urged the Muslims and Christians Clerics at the event to pray for the country to overcome its security challenges.
“To help us win the war of evil, set Nigeria on the right path, bless us and provide guidance to all of us in our various ways,” he said.
“This event should not be holding. I have consulted with the people you see around me here and they’ve agreed with me and being a very highly committed democrat, I have given myself to their suggestion that they agreed that this event be cancelled.”
The event, which started around 3 p.m. came to an end an hour later.
“Finally, let us hope to believe that Atiku has empathy, the difference between his expression of empathy and that of President Tinubu is that Atiku’s arrogance, desperation, selfishness and ego blinds his vision of purpose and conflicts with his sense of judgment, direction and execution of emphatic emotions and that’s the major reason you can never rule Nigeria.”
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