Tinubu Excel In Political Manoeuring Fails In Governance – SDP Adebayo

Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, has said President Bola Tinubu is excelling in political manoeuvring but failing drastically in governance.

In an interview with Vanguard, Adebayo criticised Tinubu’s leadership, questioning how the president intends to leave behind a meaningful legacy with such a poor governance record.

“You have to give President Tinubu an A1 in politics. The only problem he has with the A1 is that he tends to have F9 in governance,” Adebayo said.

The SDP chieftain praised Tinubu’s deep understanding of the political elite but accused him of being disconnected from the needs and desires of ordinary Nigerians.

“He knows what moves and motivates them, and he knows how to recruit them, sometimes retrench them, retire them and reengage them because he knows what they want,” he said. “He doesn’t need to have many people defecting to his party. If he cannot save lives in Benue, Plateau and many parts of the country, then he has failed.”

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Adebayo also claimed that Tinubu wrongly believes capturing politicians and institutions eliminates opposition, warning that the real resistance will come from ordinary citizens.

“There are problems with those who want to turn career politicians to opposition, you are going to have a problem,” he said. “Because it’s only when they are dropped off from the list of ministers, board appointments, that is the only time they remember that they need to make this noise so that they can be brought back.”