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Politics of Tuesday, 7 November 2023

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Becareful when describing Tinubu as a drug peddler - PDP Chieftain to Baba-Ahmed

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed

Businessman, Uche Rochas has cautioned Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed to be mindful of some of his utterances against President Bola Tinubu.

Rochas in a post on X warned the Labour Party vice presidential aspirant that northern affiliation will not save him should the President decide to strike.

Datti Baba-Ahmed has on several occasions described President Tinubu as a drug peddler.

"Yusuf Datti should be mindful of his remarks towards the President. Any advantages he believes he may have due to his Northern background won't shield him when President BAT takes action. It's not appropriate to publicly label a sitting president as a drug peddler," Rochas wrote.

Recall that Datti Baba-Ahmed, a former federal lawmaker said that showing respect for President Bola Tinubu wouldn’t deter him from referring to the former Lagos State governor as a drug dealer.

He made this known in an interview on Arise TV, shortly after he accompanied the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, to a world press conference in Abuja.

There were reports linking the president to drug-related activities many years ago, but the Supreme Court has declined to make rulings on such matters.

“Showing Tinubu respect does not mean I will not call him a drug dealer,” he stated.

He asserted that Nigerians must reclaim their country while stressing that they have the right to do so.

“Remove the guns from the hands of Nigerians and redirect them against the enemies of Nigeria; Nigeria must reclaim the country!

“Sovereignty and power belong to the people! Democracy is the right of those who can practice it.”