{"id":232376,"date":"2025-07-13T19:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/adc-questions-tinubus-five-day-silence-after-brics-summit\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:42:33","slug":"adc-questions-tinubus-five-day-silence-after-brics-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/adc-questions-tinubus-five-day-silence-after-brics-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC questions Tinubu\u2019s five-day silence after BRICS summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADC questions Tinubu\u2019s five-day silence after BRICS summit<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised fresh concerns over what it described as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s \u201cmysterious absence\u201d following his attendance at the 2025 BRICS summit in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>According to the party, President <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>left public view after the summit concluded in Rio de Janeiro and did not resurface in Nigeria until the early hours of Sunday, five days later with no official communication on his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Sunday, ADC\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the presidency owes Nigerians an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Bola Ahmed <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>must come clean about where he has been since the BRICS summit ended,\u201d the statement read.<br \/>\u201cHe vanished from public view on July 7th, the day the summit wrapped up, and only reappeared quietly in Abuja five days later. No updates, no official briefings\u2014just silence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi argued that during those missing days, other world leaders who attended the summit had already returned home, resumed national duties, and addressed their citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut our President remained absent,\u201d he said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t address Nigerians, didn\u2019t give updates on the outcomes of the summit, and didn\u2019t even explain the reason for his delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ADC further claimed that this is not an isolated case, pointing to what it says is a troubling trend of the president\u2019s unexplained trips and absences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lack of transparency has become a worrying pattern,\u201d Abdullahi added. \u201cWe saw it in January 2024, when what was initially called a \u2018private visit\u2019 to France turned into a two-week disappearance\u2014no photos, no press statements, no updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn every case, there was no formal communication with Nigerians. No transmission of power to the Vice President, no letters to the National Assembly\u2014just a vacuum,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC emphasized that unexplained absences at such a critical time\u2014when the country is grappling with widespread insecurity and economic hardship\u2014only deepen public anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA country in crisis cannot afford a president who disappears without notice,\u201d the statement warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sends the wrong message. Leadership requires presence, and more importantly, accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of treating Nigerians with disdain by offering no credible explanations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen leaders go off the radar without accountability, it chips away at public trust,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ruling party\u2019s repeated excuses insult the intelligence of Nigerians. We demand transparency\u2014not cover-ups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presidency has yet to respond to the ADC\u2019s concerns as of press time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>African Democratic Congress (ADC)., Bola Ahmed Tinubu,<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2025\/07\/13\/adc-questions-tinubus-five-day-silence-after-brics-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADC questions Tinubu\u2019s five-day silence after BRICS summit The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised fresh concerns over what it described as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s \u201cmysterious absence\u201d following his attendance at the 2025 BRICS summit in Brazil. According to the party, President Tinubu left public view after the summit concluded in Rio de Janeiro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[272,357],"class_list":["post-232376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-african-democratic-congress-adc","tag-bola-ahmed-tinubu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}