Nigerians have expressed displeasure over President Bola Tinubu’s decision to address the people of Plateau State from the departure lounge of the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Hyeipang.

The airport is about a 40-minute drive to Jos, the state’s capital, where the killing took place.

Tinubu was in the state, following the deadly attack that claimed 28 lives and left 22 injured.

The president arrived at the airport on Thursday evening and met with stakeholders and some victims of the attack.

Although Tinubu promised that his government will do its best to support the victims and bring calm to Jos, Nigerians were left unimpressed with his failure to enter the city and assess the situation personally.

Tinubu also appeared to be in a hurry to leave for Lagos where he will spend the Easter holidays, saying “you have no light at the airport, and I have to fly back within the next 10 minutes.

“To the victims, there’s nothing I can give you but promise you this experience will not repeat itself.”

Ridwan Oke, a lawyer with the handle @RidwanuLlah on X, wrote: “The President has no business going to Jos if he was going to turn at the Airport.

“If it was a campaign, he would enter the nooks and crannies of that state to solicit votes.

“Lives were lost, citizens are panicking and all you could do was a consolation speech at the AirPort?

“Even had the relatives who had just lost their people dress up to meet him. A waste of everybody’s time.”

@FemiBallHard_LV tweeted: “First, the governor of Jos went on a supposed condolence visit in an armored truck to go see his own people.

“The President of the country couldn’t travel down to the actual attack sites to see the looks of things but instead decided to address the people from the Airport.”

@peace_igho said: “So all the epistle Tinubu wrote on Twitter about going to Jos was to just stop at the airport??”

@Nedumcity_ wrote: “President Tinubu went to Plateau State Airport to talk to Airplanes, when will he visit Jos to talk and commiserate with families and victims of Jos killings?”