Josef Umunnakwe Onoh, the former Southeast campaign spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu, has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of using the blood of innocent people for political purposes. According to Naija News, Onoh made the accusation in response to Atiku’s stance on the recent killing in Benue State. Atiku had criticized Tinubu’s administration for showing a troubling lack of concern for the growing wave of insecurity throughout the nation and chastised the President for his continued presence in Europe in the midst of trauma.In response, Onoh said in a statement on Monday, April 21, 2025, that it was pitiful for Atiku to use the blood of innocent Nigerian terrorists to further his failed political career while playing cheap politics. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said that Atiku’s empathy differs from Tinubu’s because of the former vice president’s ego, self-centeredness, and arrogance, which have clouded his sense of purpose. Onoh added that Atiku, as a member of the opposition, was obligated to serve his country in any way that would promote unity, but has failed in every way to offer solutions or ideas for addressing the nation’s security issues.
Onoh reminded Atiku that in 2018, the Group President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, made a donation of 150 fully kitted operational vehicles to the Police Force in an attempt to deepen national intervention in security.
He stressed that Dangote Cement plc donated 25 operational cars, fully equipped with security features to the Ogun state Security Trust Fund (OSTF) as part of its strategic Corporate Social Responsibility towards maintaining security of lives and property and challenged Atiku to mention one security support he has ever provided to support his adopted home state, Adamawa.
He said, “It is said that charity begins at home, as our nation faces various security challenges like many other nations in the world, the Adamawa State Executive Council approved the procurement of 25 brand new pick-up trucks from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Limited for security agencies in the state while their illustrious son by referendum who is now shouting to high heavens over the security challenges and criticizing the President did nothing to support his adopted home state, neither did companies and schools affiliated to Atiku. This shows the level of hypothetical nature of Atiku.
“It’s on record that after six days in China, Tinubu left Beijing for London where he met with King Charles III in September and diverted his flight mid-air enroute to the United States back to Nigeria and immediately shelved his proposed visit to the United States, to identify with the people of Maiduguri and environs in Borno State over the then flood disaster, which almost crashed commercial and social activities in the state.
“Finally, let us hope to believe that Atiku has empathy, the difference between his expression of empathy and that of president Tinubu is that Atiku’s arrogance, selfishness and ego blinds his vision of purpose and conflicts with his sense of judgment, direction and execution of emphatic emotions and that’s the major reason you can never rule Nigeria.”
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