Peter Obi has condemned President Tinubu for failing to call Governor Seyi Makinde more than 50 days after schoolchildren were abducted in Oyo State, describing it as evidence of governance collapse and calling on the President to resign or abstain from re-election.
Peter Obi isn’t mincing words over what he calls a glaring failure of leadership.
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, in a post on his verified X handle yesterday, condemned President Bola Tinubu for failing to call Governor Seyi Makinde more than 50 days after schoolchildren were abducted in Oyo State, describing it as “uncompassionate leadership” capable of turning public frustration into deep resentment.
According to The Sun, Obi said he had spoken publicly on the incident twice, including making a direct appeal to the kidnappers, and had personally called Makinde twice to express solidarity, calling the abduction “not just an Oyo problem but a Nigerian tragedy.”
He disclosed that he travelled to Ibadan with Prof. Pat Utomi on Friday, July 3, for a two-hour meeting with Makinde, during which he shared his experience tackling insecurity as Anambra governor, recalling how past presidents personally called governors during security crises.
“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,” Obi said.
He drew a comparison to the Chibok abduction under President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that even though it took Jonathan over two weeks to call the state governor, Tinubu himself had criticised the delay and called for Jonathan’s resignation at the time. “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,” Obi said.
He added: “It is now an indisputable fact that governance has completely collapsed under this administration… 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.”
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