{"id":198271,"date":"2026-04-02T20:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:38:07","slug":"atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Alleges Tinubu&#8217;s Detachment in Plateau Killings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his handling of the recent visit to Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday by Atiku\u2019s spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, the former VP described Tinubu\u2019s visit as yet another troubling indication of a pattern of detachment from the suffering of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the president on Thursday cancelled his planned visit to Ogun State and instead traveled to Plateau following the Palm Sunday killings in the state.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Tinubu said he felt the pain of residents of Plateau and reassured them of measures to end terrorism in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Atiku said the events in Plateau State have once again exposed a disturbing and unacceptable approach to national tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is both shocking and deeply insensitive that several days after the gruesome killings of innocent citizens, the president\u2019s so-called \u2018on-the-spot assessment\u2019 was reduced to a brief stop at the foot of his aircraft, never extending beyond the airport, never reaching the grieving communities, and never touching the pain of the victims. Even more troubling is the impression that this fleeting visit was hurriedly curtailed to allow the president to proceed to Lagos for the Easter holidays, a decision that reflects a deeply troubling prioritization in the face of national grief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile families continue to mourn those slaughtered on Palm Sunday, the President chose to convert what ought to have been a solemn visit into a political spectacle, meeting party loyalists in Jos under the thin guise of official engagement. This is not leadership; it is indifference dressed as protocol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis approach mirrors his earlier conduct in Benue State in June 2025, when a condolence visit over a deadly attack conspicuously avoided the epicenter in Yelwata, only to devolve into a political rally. The repetition of this pattern is no longer accidental; it is now a consistent and troubling habit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Plateau, the president neither visited the bereaved families nor the injured receiving treatment in hospitals. He offered no concrete policy direction, no decisive security intervention, and no reassurance that such horrors would not recur. Instead, he staged a meet-and-greet within the confines of the airport, surrounded by politicians, traditional rulers, and party operatives, far removed from the anguish of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven more disturbing is the government\u2019s decision to transport grieving citizens from distant parts of Jos Municipal to the airport in Heipang near Barkin Ladi, merely to stage an appearance before the President. At a time when families are in deep mourning, such actions reduce genuine human tragedy to a choreographed spectacle\u2014prioritizing optics over empathy and dignity. This is not only inappropriate; it is shameful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conduct raises serious questions about the president\u2019s sincerity and capacity to confront the escalating insecurity ravaging the nation. A leader who cannot stand with his people in their darkest hour cannot convincingly claim to be fighting for their safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar reiterates that Nigerians are not asking for ceremonial appearances or fleeting sympathy visits. What they demand and deserve is a government that can secure lives and property. They do not need to see the President\u2019s face; they need to feel the impact of his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil this administration moves beyond optics and embraces decisive, people-centered action, such visits will remain hollow exercises, detached from the very citizens they are meant to comfort,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his handling of the recent visit to Plateau State. In a statement on Thursday by Atiku\u2019s spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, the former VP described Tinubu\u2019s visit as yet another troubling indication of a pattern of detachment from the suffering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atiku Alleges Tinubu&#039;s Detachment in Plateau Killings - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his handling of the re ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atiku Alleges Tinubu&#039;s Detachment in Plateau Killings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his handling of the re ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-02T19:14:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-02T20:38:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775162216.117934.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Atiku Alleges Tinubu&#8217;s Detachment in Plateau Killings\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-02T19:14:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-02T20:38:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\"},\"wordCount\":586,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775162216.117934.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-alleges-tinubus-detachment-in-plateau-killings\",\"name\":\"Atiku Alleges Tinubu's Detachment in Plateau Killings - 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