{"id":194050,"date":"2026-02-08T17:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:40:23","slug":"tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as an emperor with many servants.<\/p>\n<p>Adebayo said this on Sunday in an interview on \u2018Hard Copy\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking on the forthcoming 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu is not going to work. He\u2019s not used to working. He\u2019s going to reign. He\u2019s not a working president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an emperor with so many servants. So his interpretation of that office is not a servant-leader coming to work for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an emperor at the apogee of his power that wants to give Nigeria a Tinubu singularity where political power is combined with economic power, business power and administrative power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he has lieutenants sent as emissaries to different parts of the county and taking over things and bringing into that empire,\u201d Adebayo said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as an emperor with many servants. Adebayo said this on Sunday in an interview on \u2018Hard Copy\u2019, a programme on Channels Television. He was speaking on the forthcoming 2027 general elections. \u201cPresident Tinubu is not going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"842\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\",\"name\":\"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg\",\"width\":842,\"height\":670,\"caption\":\"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo - Nigeria","description":"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo","og_description":"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":842,"height":670,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo","datePublished":"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo","name":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-08T16:56:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-08T18:40:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770575636.648644.jpg","width":842,"height":670,"caption":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-an-emperor-with-many-servants-sdps-adebayo#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tinubu is an emperor with many servants \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}