Where Is Tinubu? – Nigerians Lambast Presidency For Keeping Mute On Leader ‘Absent Without Official Leave'

The soundlessness of Nigeria’s presidency astir President Bola Tinubu’s unofficial travel to France has revived raging debates implicit concerns and secrecy of the president’s authorities of health.

SaharaReporters had connected Thursday exclusively reported Tinubu’s unannounced travel to Paris, France successful what aggregate sources confirmed was for aesculapian reasons. 

“The President is successful France to spot his doctors,” a root had said.

An probe by SaharaReporters had revealed that a Nigerian statesmanlike aircraft, a Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550) with registration fig 5N-FGW and serial fig 5310 (Mode-S 0640F2) with Tinubu onboard arrived astatine Paris Airport-Le Bourget, France astir 04:00pm connected Thursday from an airdrome successful London. 

The President connected Tuesday greeting near Saudi Arabia - wherever helium attended the World Economic Forum - for London.

A connection issued past week by the Special Adviser to the President connected Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said the peculiar WEF gathering successful Riyadh would extremity connected Monday, April 29.

“After his engagements successful the Netherlands, President Tinubu volition proceed to be a peculiar World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering scheduled for April 28-29 successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,” the connection had read.

Meanwhile, successful the statement, the Presidency cautiously near retired accusation astir erstwhile Tinubu was expected backmost successful Nigeria aft the planetary forum oregon that helium would sojourn the UK and France aft leaving Saudi Arabia. 

Also, the Presidency has been soundless connected President Tinubu's whereabouts since the planetary acme ended connected Monday, April 29.

Efforts to scope Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President connected Information & Strategy, for comments and clarification failed arsenic helium did not reply calls from SaharaReporters. He besides did not reply to messages sent to his mobile phone. 

However, SaharaReporters learnt that the 5N-FGW (Gulfstream Aerospace) which was operated arsenic Nigerian Air Force 1 - meaning the President was connected committee - near Riyadh International Airport connected Tuesday, April 30 astatine 12:05 americium (02:05 americium Saudi Arabian time) and arrived astatine Stansted Airport, London astatine 06:35 am, UK time.

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The pitchy was utilized to regenerate the Boeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) 5N-FGT that is inactive successful Germany for repairs.

Meanwhile, immoderate Nigerians person taken implicit the societal media to request the whereabouts of Tinubu who has not been seen successful nationalist since helium met with Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist, Bill Gates astatine the World Economic Forum Special Meeting successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia past Sunday, April 28.

The president who was expected to marque a nationalist code to Nigerian civilian servants connected May 1 workers’ time was obscurity successful sight.

Also, the President didn’t be the past Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting.

Recently, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima has been attending and taking complaint successful truthful galore occasions wherever Tinubu himself should person shown up.

Meanwhile, immoderate Nigerians person declared the President Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL).

They wondered wherefore Tinubu has refused to instrumentality to Nigeria aft the WEF gathering ended successful Saudi Arabia connected Monday.

Some of them who took to the societal media platform, X (formerly Twitter) said:

Paul Ibe, @OfficialPaulIbe said, “The whereabouts of Nigerian president indispensable ne'er beryllium a taxable of speculation. If Tinubu is successful France for medicals, arsenic reported by @SaharaReporters, oregon elsewhere, Nigerians merit to know. After all, helium is our spot and is spending authorities resources.”

DauDuSheshi, @MrGEO01 wrote, “The citizens indispensable beryllium allowed to cognize the presumption of their President and his aesculapian conditions.

Every national is entitled to pb the Nation but it volition beryllium incorrect for the President to beryllium nether superior aesculapian request and support that hidden from the citizens. We cant support staying successful dark.”

Abayomi, @thebearsze said, “The president has been AWOL for a week. LMAO. This is what you radical fought for? What you destroyed friendships and assemblage for?The much things change, the much they enactment the same.”

CHIDYE, @gentlechidye wrote, “This is wherefore determination was nary code connected Workers Day!”

Rhatti Bwoy, @donballen wrote, “Who knew our president has been awol for a week lol.”

Eighth wonders of the world, @gabrielonyebu10 wrote, “"I built Lagos" don tally spell fell for France for aesculapian reason. Them nary dey physique infirmary for Lagos? Ndi mgbu”

Thomas NOT Sankara, @Isidore0001 said, “We knew helium is awol for aesculapian cheque up. This is nary news, alternatively a pattern.”

 @ajaGunSEgun_ wrote, “For immoderate reason, if Nigerians proceed to let governmental bureau holders to question overseas for aesculapian attraction oregon nonstop their children to overseas universities, etc., meaningful improvement successful some sectors volition beryllium impossible.”

john_though, @hey_watever wrote, “Tinubu's archetypal year: The dollar soars, petrol prices skyrocket, and the outgo of surviving is unbearable. The minimum wage hardly covers a container of rice. 

What advancement has been made? Where is the 'work' we were promised?”

Before the 2023 wide elections, Tinubu’s wellness was a root of interest for galore Nigerians.

SaharaReporters had reported however the erstwhile Lagos politician spent implicit 4 months patronising hospitals successful France, the United States and the United Kingdom wherever helium underwent respective surgeries betwixt 2020 and 2022.

He was flown retired of the state immoderate days earlier Christmas successful 2020 to Paris, France. The President returned to Nigeria connected January 24, 2021, aft a month's lack from Nigeria.

He besides went for a aesculapian check-up successful France successful June 2021 and was conspicuously absent from a one-day moving sojourn of then-President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos State. Tinubu, amidst decease rumours, was forced to instrumentality to the state connected Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

SaharaReporters besides reported that Tinubu was hospitalised successful Maryland, the United States successful July 2021. On August 9, the APC person had different genu country astatine the Johns Hopkins University Hospital successful Maryland, U.S.

The APC chieftain, it was learnt, near the U.S. for the United Kingdom connected crutches, a fewer days aft the surgery.

Sources adjacent to Tinubu had told SaharaReporters that helium wanted the country successful Paris, France but changed his program implicit rumours of his death.

In August, his predecessor, President Buhari paid a sojourn to Tinubu successful London and the second was seen with a walking instrumentality during Buhari’s visit, confirming SaharaReporters’ communicative that helium had undergone country successful the US.

Upon his instrumentality successful October 2022, Tinubu confirmed that helium underwent country connected his close genu arsenic good arsenic post-surgery physiotherapy connected the said genu during his aesculapian travel abroad.

SaharaReporters besides reported however the President, aft the May 29, 2023 swearing-in became exhausted and went connected a furniture rest.

SaharaReporters besides exclusively reported that Tinubu returned to France to spot his doctors, weeks earlier his inauguration connected May 29.

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