The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said though he respects Bola Tinubu but that wouldn’t deter him from labeling him a drug dealer.
Datti featuring on Arise Tv Monday, emphasised that his actions are rooted in his culture and tradition of respecting elders.
Still, he firmly believes that respect should not obscure the ability to assess and judge situations objectively.
He said, “The fact that I respect Bola Ahmed Tinubu won’t stop me from calling him a drug dealer or certificate forger.”
“He can’t deny the fact that he forfeited $460,000 to the government of the United States in 1993.”
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Speaking further, Datti Baba described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, as an “irresponsible fellow” following Shettima’s recent outburst against the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Recall that Kashim Shettima has said that he would buy the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar broilers and goats to rear as a way of retiring him from politics.
According to him, “Atiku Abubakar is an elder statesman that i hold in very high esteem. Anybody who knows the socio-cultural interactions between the Fulanis and the Kanuris in the North will know that i have the liberty to hold all the insults in him and…. We are not going to retire him to Dubai or Morocco, I will retire him to ponbia, I will buy him goats, broilers and layers so he can spend his days rearing goats and broilers but he is an elder statesman.
“On a more serious note, he is an elder statesman; the nation needs him; experience is not something that you can buy in the marketplace. We will tap into his wealth of experience and exposure to catapult the nation to a higher pedestal. Politics is over, governance is now imperative.
“For all those that I might have offended with my utterances, politics is a game of nouns, not emotions.”
But responding, Datti said, “Kashim Shettima is such an irresponsible fellow. You can’t be responsible and be talking rudely to a highly placed individual and elder like Atiku Abubakar in such manner.”