{"id":194805,"date":"2026-02-13T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:07:14","slug":"pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","title":{"rendered":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu’s Wife Over US Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu for calling for US air strikes on Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on Trust TV on Friday, Bello said the President\u2019s wife did not call for strikes in the Southeast, where according to him, there is secession agitation.<\/p>\n

He was speaking on the US listing of the new bill initiated by the US Congress aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Bill, Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, contains provision for potential sanctions against Fulani militias and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n

Bello said, \u201cRecently the wife of the President, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was in America and she was calling for more American strikes in the northern.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe specifically stated the northern part of the country. She didn\u2019t call for strikes in the Southeastern part of the country that are suffering from the IPOB and sit-at-home and issues of separation and killings that are going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever America in the past 20 years has conducted war, it\u2019s in Islamic countries from Somalia to Yemen to Iraq to recently in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu for calling for US air strikes on Northern Nigeria. Speaking in an interview on Trust TV on Friday, Bello said the President\u2019s wife did not call for strikes in the Southeast, where according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nPDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu’s Wife Over US Strikes\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\",\"name\":\"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu’s Wife Over US Strikes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes - Nigeria","description":"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes","og_description":"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu’s Wife Over US Strikes","datePublished":"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes"},"wordCount":226,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes","name":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-13T14:28:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-13T16:07:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A Kano State chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jaffar Bello, has slammed Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Remi Tinubu ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770998821.471215.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu's Wife Over US Strikes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-chieftain-criticizes-tinubus-wife-over-us-strikes#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PDP Chieftain Criticizes Tinubu’s Wife Over US Strikes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}