By Ifeanyi Nwannah Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election...
By Ifeanyi Nwannah
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of Peter Obi,
candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, has come under
serious attack in Zamfara State over his comment that he won’t like to be
called a Muslim or northerner.
According to one Yusuf Abubakar, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is
not proud of his religion and tribe, saying that for him to warn that he won’t
accept to be referred to as a Muslim or northerner means he is ungrateful to
the Almighty.
“If he has publicly said that he does not support tribalism,
then nobody would comment on that because tribalism can destroy the entire
country,” he added.
Another person who granted an interview to DAILY POST,
Babangida Ahmed, said that Baba-Ahmed has destroyed his political career in the
north, saying that with such utterances, northerners may not cast their votes
for Labour Party in 2023.
According to him, Obi is proud to be a Catholic even with
the verbal attacks of Rev. Mbaka. Obi openly stated that he remains loyal to
the Church and he has never disowned his identity as an Igbo man.
“Does this mean some of us are not comfortable or feel
ashamed to be associated with our blessed religion of Islam or our noble
background as people from Northern Nigeria?
“I hope he was misquoted out of context, otherwise he better
look for supporters elsewhere,” he said.
Recall that the embattled Labour Party’s vice-presidential
candidate recently granted an interview to BBC News where he allegedly made the
comments.
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