‘Sipping Tea In UK While Bombs Were Going Off In Maiduguri’ – Rhodes-Vivour Knocks Ribadu, Defense Minister
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has slammed the Minister of Defense, General Christopher Musa, rtd, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, over the trip with President Bola Tinubu to the United Kingdom.
Papers News recalls that Ribadu, Musa, alongside other top government officials, accompanied Tinubu to the UK for a state visit.
Speaking on the trip, in an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Friday, Rhodes-Vivour said security chiefs were sipping tea in the UK while bombs were going off in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
He said, “In relation to the trip to England, the thing that jumps out at me is how the NSA and the defense boss were in England, sipping coffee, sipping tea while bombs were going off in Maiduguri.
“The NSA and the Minister of Defence were part of Tinubu’s delegation to the UK for the State Visit.
“This came at a time when bombs killed about 23 persons and injured and displaced many more. I cannot reconcile the insensitivity and carelessness of this government. Sipping tea while all this is happening is completely disgraceful.”
Recall that there was a bomb blast in Maiduguri, just before President Tinubu travelled to the United Kingdom for the state visit.
