Campaign spokesperson alleges Tinubu skips UNGA 81 to avoid possible arrest by Trump

Spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is deliberately staying away from the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because he fears “the Venezuela option” and possible arrest by US President Donald Trump.Speaking on Arise News on Wednesday, Okonkwo criticised presidential aides, particularly Bayo Onanuga, for making statements without accurate knowledge while the president remains in hiding.He noted that Tinubu has not attended any UN General Assembly session since assuming office and argued that a reasonable observer would conclude the Nigerian leader is avoiding the United States.“Onanuga is there saying what he does not know, and the President is somewhere hiding. Maybe because he does not want the Venezuela option, because he ought to be at the UNGA in person,” Okonkwo said.“What is he doing? He has not been to the United Nations for three consecutive years. A reasonable man should say that he is hiding from the United States of America.“Remember, the ambassador to the United Nations, Jimoh Ibrahim, had told us gleefully that the President was going to come and sit in the front row with President Trump to represent us. What happened? Lies. The President did not go.“But there is a nexus. How come President Trump said anybody who is involved in drug trafficking would be taken and put in jail? The Venezuelan president is in jail because of that.“Now, how come there is a paper filed by your President that he does not want his file to be released in the United States of America? That is allegedly for his involvement in alleged drug dealing, and, of course, we all know that he paid $460,000 in a plea bargain. That is not an allegation. That is a fact.“That one has been sorted out, and they say that was in order to assuage his involvement in narcotic trading and trafficking after his deposition. So, there is a nexus here, and every reasonable man will say he is running away from the United States of America.”    

Spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is absent and hiding from the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, because he does not want “the Venezuela option.” Speaking on Arise News on Wednesday, Okonkwo slammed some presidential aides, accusing them of saying what they do not know while […] UNGA 81: Tinubu, hiding, running away from being arrested by Trump – Kenneth Okonkwo claims