‘He’s afraid of everybody’ – Melaye on Tinubu appointing self as campaign chairman

Former lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has slammed President Bola Tinubu for appointing himself as the chairman of his 2027 campaign council.

According to the presidential campaign council list released by the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday, Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima are expected to serve as chairman and vice chairman, respectively.

Reacting, Melaye, in a post on his official Facebook page, said it was abnormal for a presidential candidate to serve as chairman of his own campaign team, describing the move as disgraceful.

According to Melaye, Tinubu’s move reflects his distrust of both APC governors and ministers, stating that the president is even afraid of his own shadow.

He said, “It is a disgrace that President Tinubu doesn’t trust anyone. He doesn’t trust himself. He is afraid of his own shadow; he doesn’t believe in anybody.

“This is the first time in the history of the world that a presidential candidate of a political party will appoint himself as the chairman of his own presidential campaign council.

“Those the gods want to destroy, they first make mad. How can you be a presidential candidate and still be the chairman of the campaign council? If Tinubu likes, he should be the spokesperson of his own campaign.

“It has never happened before now that you have that kind of bogus presidential campaign council. It shows that they are afraid. It shows that Tinubu knows that even the governors and ministers cannot be trusted.

“That is why he wants everything to be reported directly to him. It is disgraceful.”