Insecurity: Step Aside If The Shoes Are Too Big, Atiku Tells Tinubu

Concerned about the wave of insecurity under President Bola Tinubu's administration, former vice president Atiku Abubakar has asked that Tinubu step down if he is unable to address the problem.

After losing to Tinubu in the 2023 presidential race, Atiku charged the President with being a stickler for the law as the nation descends into chaos.

Emilokan should move aside if his shoes are too big. According to the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria does not require another Tourist-in-Chief. Recalling the numerous kidnapping incidents that have occurred in different parts of Nigeria, he wrote on his X handle on Tuesday, saying, "The country needs 24/7 leadership to confront the pervasive insecurity and collapsing economy."

Nigeria is drowning in an ocean of insecurity, and Tinubu is just playing the fiddle. To consider 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…
Atiku wrote, "Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria is drowning in the ocean of insecurity."

"To picture the Chief Executive attending a supposedly private visit while kidnappers murder two monarchs in Ekiti, a nursing mother and grandmother in Abuja, and other frequent tragedies affecting Nigerians, for not paying a N90 million ransom."
With the goal of addressing Nigeria's security issues—which include criminal militias in the North-West, jihadists in the North-East, and an upsurge in intercommunal violence in the central states—President Tinubu took office last year.

Critics counter that one of the problems plaguing the nation is the out-of-control kidnapping situation. According to the president, education will be used to address the underlying causes of the violence.

Inadequate security, broader government, and impunity presence has allowed violence to fester, experts say.