Benue Killings: Adebayo expresses disappointment over Tinubu’s visit

The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has condemned  President Bola Tinubu’s Benue town hall meeting, describing the visit as “sickening”.

It would be recalled that President Tinubu visited Benue State on Wednesday over the recent killings by terrorists where he gave marching order to the security agencies to fish out the perpetuators.

Meanwhile, Adewole expressed disappointment with the way and manner President Tinubu’s visit to Benue was trivialized and reduced to politics.

Insisting that Nigerians must be serious with the way they tackle important issues,  Adewole condemned Tinubu’s Benue town hall meeting, describing the visit as “sickening”.

Reacting to Tinubu’s visit, Adewole on his official X handle, tweeted: “Our entire governmental doctrine and leadership mentality in Nigeria needs a thorough revamp and our people desperately need mental liberation. How could the emphasis be on the 2027 election and little on the sadistic massacre?”

He took exception to President Tinubu’s emphasis on his sacrifice to visit Benue instead addressing the leadership lapses that led to such wanton destruction of innocent lives.

The 2023 SDP presidential candidate said: “The bulk of the speech is on the sacrifice @officialABAT had to make to promptly respond to the killing, instead of critical questions about failure of leadership and breach of the constitutional duty to secure the citizens. No observer would believe that the people of this great state have just suffered a dastardly and gruesome massacre merely a few days ago.”

Adewole tackled the traditional rulers in the affected area for their insensitivity to the plight of their subjects, nothing that rather than grieve over the unfortunate incident; the traditional rulers were busy endorsing Tinubu for a second term in 2027.

He added  “That the traditional rulers felt that they had to pledge their ‘massive support’ for @officialABAT in the 2027 election on this sombre occasion is both pathetic and undignified. I could not believe my eyes and ears. The political elite’s deterioration seems irredeemable. A new direction is inevitable; May God help Nigeria. We need to bid farewell to poverty and insecurity in Nigeria”.