The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has questioned the whereabouts of President Bola Tinubu.

Obi made the call in a statement posted on his verified X account on Monday.

He framed the question as “a critical demand for accountability in a national emergency.”

“As we approach the end of this year, Nigeria will be home to approximately 140 million people living in extreme poverty — the highest number in the world,” the ex-governor said, adding that the country is grappling with widespread hunger, worsening insecurity and mass unemployment among young people.

He further claimed that Nigeria remains “one of the worst places to be born,” citing high infant mortality rates, and questioned the President’s visibility in the midst of these challenges.

“In the midst of this chaos, where has our President been?” he asked.

Obi alleged that President Tinubu spent 196 days outside the country in 2025, asserting that this exceeded the time he spent within Nigeria during the same period. He also claimed that Nigerians had not heard directly from the President since December 2025.