The Social Democratic Party, SDP, presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo has dismissed President Bola Tinubu's position on the fuel subsidy regime.
Adebayo described Tinubu as the Pharaoh of Egypt and not Moses that can lead Nigeria into the promised land.
He was reacting to Tinubu's remark that his administration will never return to Egypt on the issue of fuel subsidy.
Featuring on Arise Television's Morning Show on Wednesday, Adebayo said Tinubu's comment is not relevant to the SDP.
He said: "The idea of going back to Egypt is not relevant to us, I don't think that Tinubu is addressing us in that regard because he has no answer to our own.
"And if you want to go biblical or Quranic now, Tinubu is the Pharaoh and not Moses because if you want to be a Moses you will have manner for the people, have kindness for the people, and when Moses was taking Israelites out of Egypt he ensured that he took them out of desert and provided manner for them, he took care of them very well.
"You can see that the policies of the President are looking like that of Pharaoh where you take care of yourself and neglect the needs of the people, you don't allow them to express their God-given qualities."
He insisted that Nigerians are trying to move from the All Progressives Congress, APC, into the "promised land."
Adebayo said the SDP had a better chance of taking Nigerians into the promised land.
"If you look at it at the end of the day, what Nigerians are trying to do is basically to move away from APC and go to the promised land.
"I think SDP has a better chance of taking them there," he added.
Fuel subsidy: 'Tinubu is Pharaoh of Egypt, not Moses' - SDP's Adebayo