Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has criticised President Bola Tinubu, claiming he is overwhelmed and unfit to lead Nigeria.

Melaye compared Tinubu to wearing an oversized shoe, emphasising that Nigeria is different from Lagos, where Tinubu previously held sway.

He made these remarks in Abuja during the third posthumous legacy colloquium honouring the late Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, also criticising Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech for not addressing the struggles faced by ordinary Nigerians.

He said, “Any leader of this country who has failed in security and failed in welfare is a failed president. The president is wearing an oversized shoe. You cannot give what you don’t have.

“Nigeria is not Lagos. He is overwhelmed. He does not have the intellectual, emotional, or physical capacity and capability to lead this country.

“He cannot be Commander-in-Chief because this country has never seen it this bad. In the last three years alone, three serving generals have been abducted and killed. Abroad, only one pilot went missing, and America deployed everything to locate him.

“So, when generals are being killed, what is the state of our security? I am not among those saying the government should pay ransom.

“I am only saying the government should show capacity. And when you cannot do it, you should resign honourably and leave.”