Weep not my Obident, Onoh chides LP's Datti-Ahmed

• Published date: 10 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Bola Tinubu's campaign spokesman in the south east Dr. Josef Onoh has mocked the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for crying mournfully in a live television programme over a matter he brought upon himself.

Datti broke down with a child-like cry in a town hall television programme while reacting to Femi Fani-Kayode's (FFK) lampoon on him following his uncomplimentary remarks on the former Minister of Aviation t to which the latter reaponded .

Onoh said he was flabbergasted by Datti's display of emotion at such a public square, noting that the LP vice presidential candidate sold himself out as an immature character, not man enough to assume Nigeria's number two position that he seeks.

He however offered handkerchief to Datti for more tears he would shed, noting that if the LP VP candidate were to be in the shoes of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who receives sever knocks every now and then from all angles, he would have fainted or quit the political scene.

Onoh said that the LP presidential running mate has explicitly told Nigerians that he will form an emotional government if he becomes a Nigeria leader and advised Datti to quit the race if does not want to cry more after February 25 when he would have lost the election.

He said the unfortunate display of juvenile emotion by Datti would make disastrous office holder if ever he would succeed.

Onoh stated that Fani-Kayode did not do much damage to Datti as the Obidents have done to even his own late father (HE, Chief C.C Onoh), stating he has been threatened with his immediate family for supporting Tinubu but that he remained resolute in his conviction.

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