You chose red carpets, photo-ops while Nigeria burns – Clerics condemn Tinubu’s UK visit

An relation of clergymen person criticised President Bola Tinubu’s travel to the United Kingdom, UK, wherever helium is being hosted connected a authorities sojourn pursuing an invitation by King Charles III.

Tinubu departed Nigeria for the UK connected Tuesday alongside his wife, First Lady Oluremi, aides and respective apical authorities officials. The travel is the archetypal authorities sojourn to the UK by a Nigerian person successful 37 years.

However, the President’s travel came hours aft a weaponry blasts successful Maiduguri, Borno State, which near astir 23 persons dormant and hundreds injured. The Maiduguri bombings is the latest successful a bid of precocious illustration panic attacks successful antithetic parts of the state successful caller days, prompting immoderate Nigerians, including absorption politicians, to responsibility the President’s UK visit.

Reacting to the improvement successful a connection signed by Rev Tony Uzo Anthony, released precocious connected Tuesday night, the Concerned Igbo Ministers, an relation of Igbo Christian clergymen, described Tinubu’s UK travel arsenic a “callous abandonment of a federation bleeding to death”.

The clergymen accu...