By Desire Emmanuel
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, November 19, succumbed to widespread condemnation and decided to postpone his scheduled trips to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola.
Tinubu was scheduled to leave Abuja today, Wednesday, to attend the 20th G20 Summit of leaders in South Africa and thereafter proceed to Luanda to attend the 7th AU-EU Summit.
The president’s suspension of the trips followed reactions of many Nigerians who wondered why the country’s president would travel out at the time of killing of a General in the Nigerian Army, abduction of secondary school girls and attack on a church.
The Presidency announced the suspension of the trips in a statement and said Tinubu will now use the opportunity to receive further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State.
According to the statement, in response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the deployment of more security men to Eruku and the entire Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, and directed the police to go after the bandits who attacked worshippers.
The statement reads: “Disturbed by the security breaches in Kebbi State and Tuesday’s attack by bandits against worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, Eruku, President Tinubu decided to suspend his departure.
“He now awaits reports from Vice President Kashim Shettima, who paid a sympathy visit to Kebbi on his behalf, as well as reports from the police and the Department of State Services regarding the attack in Kwara.
“President Tinubu reiterates his directive to the security agencies to do everything possible to rescue the 24 schoolgirls, abducted by the bandits and bring the girls back home, safe.”
