25th May, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
A former vice presidential candidate of Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed on Saturday said he could say a few things that could destroy Novel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka for good.
But Baba-Ahmed said he would not say such things.
He spoke in an interview on Arise TV after Soyinka said Obi was not fit to vie for the presidency in 2027 as he could not control his vociferous followers from bullying and insulting people.
According to Baba-Ahmed, “I have never heard where Nobel laureates are insulted in a manner that Wole Soyinka was, you are making me to speak about him which I don’t want to.
“Nigerians contested through Peter Obi, we said this many times, it was a force that came alive, a genuine one, a powerful one that won election and was taken away, never mind what INEC declared.
“There was no way Peter Obi, with all the issues before him and my humble self, can control ‘Obidients’ as they were, Peter Obi entered a canoe without a life jacket and he paid for it. It is not the work of Peter Obi to control Obidients.
“It is the responsibility of Wole Soyinka to maintain his respect and dignity. I could say a few things about Wole Soyinka that could destroy him for good but I wont say that.”