Baba-Ahmed Warns Soyinka: You Do Not Have Monopoly To Insult Anybody

Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s (LP) Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has warned Prof Wole Soyinka that intellect does not give him the right to insult anyone.
Responding to a statement made by Prof. Wole Soyinka, in which the Nobel laureate said Peter Obi was “unfit” to govern Nigeria, Baba-Ahmed stated, “I remember this Soyinka insulting the late General Sani Abacha. “Nothing gave him the right to do that,” he continued.
Responding to a question about why Obi has not taken steps to prevent members of the Obidient from attacking Soyinka, Baba-Ahmed stated, “There is no way Peter Obi and my humble self can control the Obidients.
“Peter Obi went into a canoe without a life jacket, and he paid for it. So, it is Wole Soyinka’s responsibility to maintain his respect and dignity, not Peter Obi’s to control the Obedients.
In an interview broadcast on the Arise News Channel, Baba-Ahmed claimed that Soyinka was only afraid of the positive changes that Peter Obi would bring to Nigeria.
He explained, “The learned elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, is concerned about what good Peter Obi will bring to Nigeria. He is already concerned that his principal will meet his demise as a result of poor governance.
“What Soyinka is doing right now is an attempt to distract.” Baba-Ahmed stated that he would not engage in debate with the Nobel laureate, but would continue to pray for the elder statesman.
Soyinka claimed in an earlier interview that Obi encouraged his followers, referred to as ‘Obidients,’ to attack him and others with opposing views online in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election.
According to THISDAY, when asked what he thinks about the movement, Soyinka replied, “It has to do with education. I did not read all of these (insults by the Obedient Movement), but some links were sent to me, especially when facts were “manufactured.”
“When I read these things, I became disgusted. There is not another word for it. I really was disgusted and I know that it was orchestrated.”