Sowore Blasts President Tinubu For Choosing UK Over Nigeria For His Annual Leave

Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has slammed President Bola Tinubu, for choosing to go to the United Kingdom for his annual vacation instead of observing it in Nigeria.

Sowore, a human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, questioned whether there is no appropriate location in Nigeria, a country where President Tinubu is currently leading, for him to spend his annual leave.

He further questioned how often the President goes on annual leave in a year, describing it as funny that a person who barely works goes on annual leave.

Sowore, in a post on his X account on Wednesday, said, “Tinubu is set to depart Nigeria today on ‘annual leave.’

“Me: Is there nowhere inside Nigeria to spend an annual leave? How often should a person go on “annual leave” in a year?

“Is it NOT funny that a person who barely works goes on ‘annual leave?’”

SaharaReporters earlier reported that President Tinubu would depart Abuja today (Wednesday) for the UK to begin a two-week vacation, part of his yearly leave.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the President would “use the two weeks as a working vacation and a retreat to reflect on his administration's economic reforms”.

Onanuga added that President Tinubu will return to the country after the leave expires.

Following his recent official visit to China and a short stay in the United Kingdom, President Tinubu returned to Abuja on Sunday, September 15.

President Tinubu had departed Abuja for Beijing, China, on August 29, making a stop in Dubai, UAE, before arriving in Beijing on Sunday, September 1, for his official visit.

From China, the President went to the UK for a short stay, where a video surfaced online showing him leaving St Mary's Hospital in London, which sparked speculations that he was there for an emergency medical treatment.