Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has said President Bola Tinubu’s school of politics does not believe in asking for power from the masses.
Naija News reports that Adebayo made this known while reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law barely 24 hours after the National Assembly passed it.
The National Assembly had approved the electronic transmission of election results, but with manual collation retained as a backup.
Adebayo, in an interview on Trust TV, said Tinubu believes that anyone asking for power from the masses is wasting their time.
According to the SDP chieftain, Tinubu believes that an individual grabs power, snatches it and runs with it.
He said, “Tinubu believes that in their own school of politics you don’t go to the people to ask for power. You are wasting your time.
“People like us who go to the people and campaign, we are wasting our time. He believes you grab the power, snatch it and run away with it. That’s what he believes.
“This is legislative snatching of power. We are still going to defeat Tinubu in this country and defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, handsomely.
“But he has put another burden in the way of people. Another shadow of doubt in the minds of the voters. So we now have to go back to boost the confidence of the voters.”
