Nigeria, April 10 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Bola Tinubu over what he described as a troubling pattern of absentee leadership that raises serious questions about his commitment to the responsibilities entrusted to him by the Nigerian people.

The criticism, delivered in a press statement signed on Thursday by Phrank Shaibu, aenior special assistant on public communication to Atiku, comes amid widespread concern about the president's conduct in recent public engagements, which many observers say reflects a troubling detachment from the weighty obligations of governance.

The statement singled out Mr Tinubu's recent stopover in Jos, Plateau State, following a devastating terrorist attack, as emblematic o...