In a fiery critique during a colloquium in Abuja, former Senator Dino Melaye launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of being overwhelmed and unfit to lead Nigeria. Speaking at the third posthumous legacy colloquium honoring Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, Melaye dismissed Tinubu’s Democracy Day address as disconnected from the harsh realities facing ordinary Nigerians.
Melaye, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stated that any leader who fails on security and welfare is a failure. He claimed Tinubu is wearing an oversized shoe, lacking the intellectual, emotional, and physical capacity to govern. “Nigeria is not Lagos,” Melaye emphasized, referring to Tinubu’s former political stronghold.
He pointed to the abduction and killing of three serving generals in the past three years as evidence of security failures, contrasting it with the United States’ massive deployment to locate a single missing pilot. Melaye argued that the government should demonstrate capability rather than paying ransoms, and if unable to do so, the president should resign honorably.