“I Won’t Stop Calling Tinubu a Drug Dealer”, Peter Obi’s Running Mate Baba-Ahmed Gives Reason

• The Labour Party vice presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has reiterated his stand not to give President Tinubu the respect he deserves
• Datti said although Tinubu was older than him, he could not stop referring to the president as a drug dealer
• Datti made this assertion during Peter Obi's world press conference in Abuja on Monday, November 6, as he insisted the Supreme Court didn't affirm Tinubu's presidency

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

FCT, Abuja - Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party vice presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, said he would only respect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because of his age but could not stop referring to him as a drug dealer.

Datti Baba-Ahmed spoke on Monday, November 6, during an interview on Arise TV, shortly after he accompanied the Labour Party's flagbearer in the presidential election, Peter Obi, to a world press conference in Abuja.

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Meanwhile, reports had linked the president to drug-related activities many years ago, but the Supreme Court, in its judgment on Thursday, October 26, declined to make rulings on such matters.

Recall that the Supreme Court upheld Tinubu's electoral victory at the February 25 election.

Nigeria's highest court affirmed the tribunal's decision, which dismissed the petitions by Atiku Abubakar, flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Obi, challenging Tinubu's victory.

Datti Baba-Ahmed addresses Tinubu's forged certificate

Speaking on the matter, Datti insisted that he would never be shaken by a man who forged his certificate and forfeited drug money, The Sun Newspaper reported.

He noted thus:

"I have respect for Tinubu because of his age, he’s old enough to be an elder brother but that does not mean I will not call him a drug dealer.

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“I will never be shaken by a man who forged his certificate, forfeited drug money and had iREV switched off when they saw us winning. They are cheats, bullies and everyone knows the Labour Party won the 2023 elections."

Supreme Court didn't affirm Tinubu as winner of 2023 poll

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Datti Baba-Ahmed said the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

During a press conference in Abuja, he maintained that the court did not declare Tinubu the winner but only validated the illegality of the lower courts, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).

“Tinubu is not my president”, Aisha Yesufu

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported earlier that rights activist and co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls, Aisha Yesufu, reacted to the Supreme Court judgment, which affirmed President Tinubu as Nigeria's duly elected president.

In a post shared on her X page (formerly Twitter), immediately after the court delivered its judgment and quashed all appeals challenging the election victory of Tinubu, Yesufu reiterated that Tinubu was not her president.

Source: Legit.ng