Presidency 2023: Tinubu is baby weight, Atiku will win – Dino Melaye  

A former senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from Kogi State, Dino Melaye, in a media interaction, dismissed the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a ‘baby weight’ in the presidential race with the  candidate of the PDP, former President Atiku Abubakar. Melaye stated that Atiku, will defeat Tinubu before 12.00noon on Election Day.

Melaye, speaking on Channels Television, was cited to have declared: “Go and write it down, and write it clearly in capital letters; by 12 o’clock, by the grace of God, election is over.

“For us in the PDP, we have advised Atiku to please put together his acceptance speech because he is the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Melaye maintained that Atiku and Tinubu are not on the same level in the politics of the country, noting that  Atiku had played national politics more than Tinubu, and was vice president for eight years.

Melaye had solemnly declared: “Bola Tinubu, with his inordinate ambition, is no match in any way.

“Bola Tinubu is baby weight compared to Atiku Abubakar and in all ramifications — politically, mentally, medically, socially, even religiously.

“I can also tell you that Bola Tinubu has never won an election.

“Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, in terms of political popularity; are not on the same page. In terms of political experience, you cannot put Tinubu and Atiku on the same page.

“Atiku stepped down for MKO Abiola. “Atiku Abubakar, by the virtue of being the vice president of this country at a time, has political edge in terms of experience more than Bola Tinubu.

“In terms of connections, in terms of political manpower, in terms of knowing and understanding this country, including the problems; you cannot put them on the same page.

“In terms of even vying for that position, a road you have passed through once, twice, thrice; a man who is trying to take that route for the first time cannot begin to drag muscle with you.”

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Melaye cautioned that Nigerians cannot afford to have another president who travels for medical trips overseas.

Melaye had stated:  “You have to be mentally and physically fit to become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is a constitutional requirement. It is not possible for you to have an incapacitated president.

“Just like this President is visiting London every now and then for medical trips, do you think Nigerians want to go back to that? You want us to go from ‘sai baba’ to ‘sai kaka’? Meanwhile, kaka (in Hausa language) means grandfather, baba means father.”