Nigeria, July 6 -- The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has again called on President Bola Tinubu to either resign or abstain from seeking re-election in the forthcoming general elections over the president's "poor handling" of insecurity in the country.

Mr Obi, in a post on his verified X handle on Monday, claimed Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State told him Mr Tinubu did not contact him more than 50 days after the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in the state.

The NDC candidate, a former governor of Anambra State, said Mr Tinubu's failure to rescue the abducted victims and tackle the security crisis in the country demonstrates his "incapacity and a lack of compassion."

"The gover...