Six days after leaving New York in the United States, where he attended the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA), President Bola Tinubu has still not made it back to Nigeria, leaving Nigerians wondering about his whereabouts and stoking rumours that the president does not consider himself as being accountable to the people he was elected to serve.
Mr Tinubu arrived in New York on September 18 and departed the U.S. last Thursday around 8:25 p.m. local time using the JFK airport. But he has, so far, failed to communicate his itinerary to Nigerians, a pattern all too similar to that of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, notorious for extended stay outside the country.
The State House declined comments about Mr Tinubu’s itinerary. But senior administration officials said he was dealing with strategic issues in Paris and would return to the country by the end of this week.
“We understand that the president is tending to important matters and…