{"id":122742,"date":"2025-10-04T21:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122742"},"modified":"2025-10-04T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:01:13","slug":"atiku-slams-tinubu-over-plateau-visit-says-president-ignores-grieving-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-slams-tinubu-over-plateau-visit-says-president-ignores-grieving-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Plateau Visit, Says President Ignores Grieving Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for visiting Plateau State to attend a political event while victims of insecurity across the country continue to suffer without presidential condolence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Atiku, in a statement he personally signed on Saturday, described Tinubu\u2019s visit as evidence that the President does not prioritise ordinary Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He noted that despite widespread killings and displacement caused by insecurity in Plateau, Benue, Niger, Kwara, and other parts of the North Central region, Tinubu has never physically visited victims or families of those affected.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAt a time when families in Plateau continue to bury their loved ones, President Tinubu chose to attend a political gathering under the auspices of his party\u2019s national chairman,\u201d the former Vice President said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Atiku added that Tinubu\u2019s action was a \u201csad reflection of priorities and a mockery of leadership,\u201d stressing that the people expected empathy, compassion, and reassurance from their leader but were instead met with political celebration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He recalled Tinubu\u2019s symbolic visit to Benue State in June, noting that the President stopped in Makurdi without visiting Yelewata, the epicenter of a massacre.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNow again, he is in Plateau State, not to console the bereaved or reassure the broken, but to celebrate with his party elite while the people mourn,\u201d Atiku said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The former Vice President maintained that the President\u2019s conduct shows insensitivity and disregard for the dignity of human life, warning that Nigerians are taking note and will not forget.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for visiting Plateau State to attend a political event while victims of insecurity across the country continue&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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