Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said President Bola Tinubu must call his family members, particularly his son, Seyi, to order, noting that the country is not a private estate.

Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, Friday, said allegations of physical assault and alleged abduction by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Atiku Isah, against Seyi Tinubu are disturbing.

The former vice president said it’s unacceptable that the first family would allegedly seek to subjugate NANS or any civil society group. He maintained that the country is a democracy and not a monarchy.

The statement reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must urgently rein in his family members, particularly his son, Seyi Tinubu, who appears determined to purchase political loyalty for his father by any means necessary, including coercion, violence, and intimidation.

“The serious allegations made by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Atiku Isah — alleging physical assault, abduction, and inducement at the hands of Seyi Tinubu, are deeply alarming and strike at the core of democratic norms and civil liberty. That such grave accusations are being levelled against a member of the first family is both disturbing and dangerous.

“Had this incident ended fatally, it would have been recorded among the growing list of atrocities committed by criminal elements in the country. That it is allegedly tied to the President’s own son makes it even more horrifying. What’s worse is the emerging suggestion that even top security officials are not beyond Seyi Tinubu’s overreaching influence — an unacceptable compromise of state institutions.”

The Sun Nigeria