Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded a full explanation from President Bola Tinubu regarding his repeated absence from the United Nations General Assembly. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku noted that Tinubu stayed away from the 79th UNGA session in 2024, the 80th in 2025 and the 81st in 2026, repeatedly sending Vice President Kashim Shettima to stand in for him. Atiku said three consecutive absences could no longer be dismissed as coincidence or routine delegation but constituted a pattern of presidential evasion requiring an honest explanation. He also asked whether the President's documented history with United States law-enforcement agencies has become a burden on Nigeria's foreign relations, describing the UNGA as one of the world's most important diplomatic gatherings of the UN's 193 member states.
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