Demola Olarewaju, a prominent figure within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has knocked Adebayo Adelabu, Nigeria’s current Minister of Power, describing him as the “minister of darkness.”
The rebuke comes in the wake of Adelabu’s controversial remarks regarding Nigerian citizens’ alleged carelessness with electrical appliances, which have sparked nationwide outrage.
Adelabu, aged 53, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, assumed the role of Nigeria’s power minister.
His recent comments, made shortly after the federal government’s decision to increase electricity tariffs, have elicited strong reactions from the public.
In a statement posted on X, Olarewaju expressed his dissatisfaction with Adelabu’s performance, attributing his appointment to political maneuvers orchestrated by Bola Tinubu.
He stated: ”El-Rufai isn’t even close to being my fave but Tinubu kicking him off for political reasons is why Adelabu is in that office and spewing illogical nonsense after several months in the seat – at least El-Rufai had prepared himself.
”Outside Nigeria, I use my phone till the battery is low, because I know I can charge it ANYTIME. In Nigeria, I find myself trying to get it to 85% at least – because power is not stable and I might have to switch on the generator to charge my phone.
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”I have several chargers in fact for anywhere in the house I might need to sit down. Same thing applies to everything else:
”Nobody would risk voluntarily switching off their deep freezer only to find that there’s no power supply for the next few days because Adelabu is the Minister of Darkness. The logic that drives the madness of Nigerians is directly created by the madness of Nigeria.
”That Adelabu doesn’t understand such a simple thing means he simply doesn’t understand what he should be doing and has resorted to the typical APC blame game,” he concluded.
