The Allied People’s Movement (APM) has called on the presidency to provide Nigerians with information regarding President Bola Tinubu‘s health condition and details of his itinerary while on holiday abroad.
APM, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, criticised the president for embarking on a lengthy vacation at the time he is expected to be leading from the front in finding solutions to the myriads of security and economic challenges his administration has caused the nation
The party said Tinubu should provide answers to his alleged link to the FBI report on a drug-related case, which it stated raised apprehensions that either he abdicated his presidential duties or has become incapacitated.
APM acknowledged that nobody is above human frailties; it, however, added that there is nothing wrong in the presidency clearing the air on the state of health of Mr President as obtainable in other climes.
The party said Tinubu is adjudged, “nationally and internationally,” to be the worst in the history of Nigerian leadership.
“Tinubu’s record in government is ignoble. In a space of three years, President Tinubu’s insensitive totalitarian administration has plunged 63 per cent of Nigerians (about 140 million citizens) below the poverty line with its harsh economic policies, including the removal of subsidy on petroleum, while overburdening citizens with a draconian and corrupt tax regime that has left businesses and homes gasping for breath.
“With President Tinubu on the saddle, the future of over 250 million Nigerians has been mortgaged to foreign interests through reckless borrowings which have hit a frightening N159.28 trillion with nothing on ground to show.
“The bulk of these borrowings are alleged to have been diverted to the private purses of corrupt APC leaders,” APM said.
According to the party, under President Tinubu’s watch, insecurity has festered with over 628,000 Nigerians killed and 2.2 million others abducted since he took office in May 2023.
“His administration has failed to take decisive steps to tackle insecurity and protect lives in the country,” it added.
The APM urged President Tinubu to use the period of the leave for introspection on his legacy of failures and rescind his decision to run in the 2027 presidential race, “having been overwhelmed by the pressing demands of the office of the president of a nation like Nigeria.”
The party told the president that the task of the office of Nigeria’s President at this critical time requires an energetic individual who is not above the age of 60 years, “with the vitality, capacity and faculty to connect and drive contemporary leadership realities.”
APM called on President Tinubu to quit the race and support its presidential candidate, Engr. Seyi Makinde, whom it said is “a young and energetic candidate who has demonstrated the required leadership capacity.”
