“Why I will never support Tinubu” – Dino Melaye shares reasons

Dino Melaye, a former member of the Nigerian senate, has shared reasons he will “never” support the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 

The politician is member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), having officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in July 2025. Before that, he joined the ruling party,  All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 after leaving the PDP, before returning to the PDP ahead of the 2019 elections. 

Taking to Instagram, he gave 16 reasons why he will never support Tinubu. 

Melaye wrote: “WHY I WILL NEVER SUPPORT TINUBU. 

“1. IN 3 YEARS FUEL PRICE INCREASED BY 500% 

“2. NIGERIANS PAYING MORE FOR THE DARKNESS THEY HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN. I MEGAWATT ADDED AS AGAINST 15 PROMISED BY TINUBU IN OCTOBER 2022. THIS IS 7% OF WHAT HE PROMISED. 

“3.UNDER TINUBU BAND A CUSTOMERS USE TO PAY 68 NAIRA, BY 2024 THEY PAY 225NAIRA PER KILOWATT. 

“4. AS AT JUNE 2024, NIGERIA RECORDED THE HIGHEST FOOD INLATION I. 20 YEARS. IT GREW BY 40.8%. 

“5. 34 MILLION PEOPLE ENTERED ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY ZONE IN 2026. THAT IS MORE THAN THE POPULATION OF GHANA AND MANY COUNTRIES. 

“5. ON MAY 29TH 2023 AT EAGLE SQUARE, TINUBU PROMISED TO REDUCE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT BY HALF. I ASK NIGERIAN YOUTHS HOW THEY FAIR IN THIS REGARD. 

“6. IN 2023 I FLY BUISNESS CLASS TO LAGOS AND BACK TO ABUJA FOR 180K, TODAY I PAY 720K. 

“7. INSECURITY WAS LIMITED MAINLY TO NORTH EAST, JOS AND BENUE. TODAY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE. 

“8. I CAN NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO RATHER THAN CONFRONT HUNGER AND POVERTY SAID HUNGER EXIST BEFORE HE WAS GIVEN BIRTH TO. 

“8. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO SAID ALL IS FAIR IN POLITICS..(BALLOT SNATCHING, VIOLENCE,CORRUPTION, RIGGING,INTIMIDATION,MISUSE OF INSTITUTIONS ETC.) 

“9. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO TOOK LOAN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. 

“10. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO EXPORTED OUR SECOND HIGHEST NATIONAL HONOUR TO DECORATE A LEBANESE BUSINESS FRIEND IN PARIS. ALSO GAVE THE HIGHEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT EVER AWARDED IN AFRICA TO SAME LEBANESE MAN AT A WHOOPING 13 TRILLION NAIRA. 

“11. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO IS AN ETHNIC BIOGOT. 

“12. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO PROVED THAT HE IS STRONGER THAN OUR INSTITUTIONS BY DIRECTING EFCC TO VACATE AN ORDER ISSUED TO BANKS ON OSUN BANK ACCOUNTS. 

“13. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT WHOSENONLY KNOWN RELATION IN THE WORLD IS OYETOLA,WHO CARRIES DUAL CITIZENSHIP,WHO IS AN ALLEGED DRUG BARON,WHOSE ENTIRE IDENTITY IS SHROUDED IN ABSOLUTE SECRET. WHO HAS NO CLASSMATE. ETC 

“14. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A VEGETABLE PRESIDENT WHO KEEP DISGRACING NIGERIA AT EVERY INTERNATIONAL OUTING. HE IS NOT PHYSICALLY AND MEDICALLY FIT.”