The Presidency has blasted former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, describing his statement accusing President Bola Tinubu of fiddling amidst some security and economic challenges as reckless.
This was contained in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to Tinubu on Information and Strategy, on Tuesday.
Onanuga countered, declaring that to say the least, the statement was reckless.
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The statement reads in part: “Coming days after he made an equally reckless allegation against the President on the “crude for loan deal” for NNPC Limited, his latest statement fell short of what is expected from an elder statesman.
“We like to believe that Alhaji Atiku is still not nursing the hangover of his electoral defeat and now latches on any issue to attack President Tinubu.
“President Tinubu did not travel without informing Nigerians of his whereabouts. He announced a private visit to France and announced a return date.
“While in France, President Tinubu has been following developments at home and he is on top of the situation in the country. Today’s inauguration of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum wage bore his imprimatur .
“He is in constant touch with his officials and security chiefs and has directed them to stamp out every form of criminality in the country.
“He has particularly ordered them to apprehend those criminals responsible for the murder of two monarchs in Ekiti and the kidnapping of some pupils in the State.
“We are already seeing results with the arrest of over 139 kidnappers around Abuja, Kaduna and Benue States in the last one week. The police Special Intervention Squad (SIS) and DSS have also rescued 154 abducted persons in the last few days.”
Tinubu’s aide recalled that the President last week approved N50 billion as Special Fund to address some of the lingering security challenges in the North East “where Alhaji Atiku hails from”.
He noted that to cope with the kidnapping challenges in the FCT, Tinubu has also approved funds for the acquisition of equipment to track criminals.
“If Alhaji Atiku is really concerned about security issues and not playing cheap politics, he should have known that President Tinubu is on top of issues and working hard to restore peace to every part of our country,” Onanuga maintained.
The presidential aide insisted that the security agencies are working very hard to bring the security situation under control, adding that President Tinubu is giving them all the necessary “support they need to win the battle against criminal elements and secure every inch of our country”.
