Legal practitioner and 2023 presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo has come down hard on Tinubu’s town hall meeting in Benue State, describing it as “grossly sickening” for prioritizing political interests ahead of genuine national mourning.
In a post on his verified X account on Wednesday, Adebayo criticized both the tone and substance of the event, held just days after dozens were killed in a massacre in Yelewata. He argued that rather than addressing urgent failures in leadership and national security, the meeting centered around Tinubu’s political sacrifice and re-election plans.
“The Benue town hall meeting today with @officialABAT is grossly sickening,” Adebayo wrote. “Our entire governmental doctrine and leadership mentality in Nigeria need a thorough revamp and our people desperately need mental liberation.”
He condemned the emphasis placed on 2027 political calculations during what should have been a solemn occasion to confront the horrific killings and demand accountability.
“How could the emphasis be on the 2027 election and little on the sadistic massacre?” he asked, pointing out that “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.”
According to Adebayo, the town hall lacked the atmosphere of grief and outrage expected from a region that had recently witnessed such carnage. He said the optics gave the impression that the violence never happened.
“No observer would believe that the people of this great state have just suffered a dastardly and gruesome massacre merely a few days ago,” he wrote.
The former presidential candidate also criticized Benue traditional rulers for using the event to declare their support for Tinubu’s 2027 ambitions, calling their actions “pathetic and undignified.”
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“That the traditional rulers felt that they had to pledge their ‘massive support’ for @officialABAT in the 2027 election on this somber occasion is both pathetic and undignified. I could not believe my eyes and ears,” Adebayo added.
He warned that the current political order is collapsing under the weight of its own insensitivity and negligence, concluding that Nigeria urgently needs a new path forward.
“The political elite’s deterioration seems irredeemable. A New Direction is inevitable. May God help Nigeria. We need FAREWELL TO POVERTY AND INSECURITY.”
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