Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar tells President Bola Tinubu to stop blaming former President Muhammadu Buhari for Nigeria’s refinery problems and instead account for about ₦4 trillion spent on refineries.
Multiple outlets report that Atiku frames the issue as one of accountability in the oil and refining sector. They say he argues that the funds were committed during Tinubu’s administration, so the current challenges should be explained by those responsible for management and oversight. Vanguard and Information Nigeria specifically cite Atiku’s call for Tinubu to account for “trillions of naira” sunk into refinery facilities, while Legit.ng also highlights the need to clarify what happened to the ₦4 trillion and links this to the continued struggles facing Nigeria’s refineries.
The outlets differ mainly in wording and emphasis—some foreground the criticism of Tinubu’s explanations, others focus on the scale of the refinery spending and the accountability question—while all describe Atiku’s central demand for clarification of the ₦4 trillion figure tied to refinery debts or expenditures.
