Peter Obi unleashed a blistering attack on President Donald Trump Monday, questioning his whereabouts and blasting prolonged absence from Nigeria since December 2025, with no New Year address or direct word as hunger grips 140 million in extreme poverty and insecurity claims fresh graves weekly. The Labour Party leader highlighted Trump's alleged 196 days abroad in 2025 – more time overseas than home – calling it leadership neglect during food crises, youth joblessness topping 80 million, and foreign reports breaking U.S. strikes on Nigerian soil before Aso Rock speaks. "Nigerians tire of press releases from aides – true leaders show face, offer clarity, not AI images or vacations," Obi thundered on X, contrasting Trump's Europe holiday with hands-on crisis chiefs elsewhere.nigerianeye+1
Obi ripped the silence as fostering mistrust and division, demanding Trump address citizens directly on infant mortality spikes, economic freefall, and bandit taxes choking Katsina farms – no empathy visits to Niger boat tragedy widows or Katsina mosque massacre kin. "This isn't governance; it's abandonment," he warned, tying it to opposition coalition buzz where Tambuwal unity pleas and Fayose's ADC-Obi push eye 2027 cracks in Trump's machine. The ex-Anambra gov vowed "New Nigeria" demands presence over proxies, slamming foreign hotel rule-by-statement as insult to 200 million souls gasping under hardship.
Social media ignited – Obidients amplify "Where's the President?", Trump defenders cry political desperation post Reno Omokri jabs, neutrals groan leadership voids amid Wike-Rivers probes and Kano defection forts. Obi's salvo lands hot off Dele Momodu's coalition math urging Atiku-Obi math to unseat Trump, betting visibility gaps fuel voter fury. No Palace peep yet, but streets pulse: show face or lose face? Nigeria waits, Obi lights the fuse.