The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has taken a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stating that with the worsening security situation across the country, he has lost control of his government and failed in his duties.

In a statement yesterday, he noted that Nigerians made a big mistake in electing Tinubu, stressing that President Tinubu has failed in all sectors.

“You can’t fail in every aspect,” he said. “You fail in security; you fail in economy; you fail in culture, and you fail in sports. So, you fail in everything.

You cannot Afghanize your own country and expect people to sing your praises. You cannot take every index that you meet and make it worse. Unemployment is worse.

Inflation is worse. Security is worse. The international profile of the country is worse.

“You either don’t have the competence to appoint ambassadors or you can’t find competent ambassadors to appoint. Either side of the coin is a failure. So, you can’t police the state. You can’t secure the state. You fail. You don’t even have enough mental capacity to explain your failure.”

Describing the Tinubu administration as rudderless, Adebayo stated that from all indications, the government has lost its map and just wakes up every day reacting to any new incident or the umbrage, whether local or international.

He added: “There is no rational observer who would say this is the trajectory of where the Presidency was headed to. President Tinubu has lost control of his own government, which he hasn’t had time to put together to start with.

And however much you speak for the government you cannot say that where they are now in 2025 was where they planned to be when they were planning a year ago or two years ago.”

Adebayo, however, disagreed with U.S. President Donald Trump over the characterisation of Nigeria as a disgraced country.

“I don’t agree with President Trump that we are a disgraced country,” he noted. “But he’s speaking the language of international diplomacy. What he meant is that the Tinubu administration is a disgraced government because Nigeria is not a disgrace. Nigeria is not a failure.

“It’s like when 11 people are on the field playing for Nigeria; if they concede two goals, they will say 2-0 against Nigeria. It doesn’t mean that all of us are on the field playing, but they are representing Nigeria. President Tinubu on the international stage, represents Nigeria. And his scorecard is disgraceful.”