Special Adviser, Media & Public Communication to the President, Sunday Dare, has delivered a blistering critique of Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, branding his recent television interview as a string of “illogical logic,” “flawed arguments,” and “empty” rhetoric unworthy of serious political discourse.
Taking to his verified X handle on Saturday, Dare didn’t hold back: “Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed’s ‘illogical logic’ was all over the place in his recent interview with a television channel. He peddled arguments that were flawed, devoid of reason and empty.”
The former minister suggested that Baba-Ahmed sounded completely out of touch: “He must have as well dropped from space, going by what he spewed out during the interview.”
Drawing a sharp comparison, Dare mocked Datti’s predictions: “Listening to Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed spurn his postulations about the political future of Nigeria… is like listening to the new year predictions of charlatan ‘prophets’ which never come through.” Travel guides
He also derided the Labour Party duo of Peter Obi and Baba-Ahmed as a “double whammy in the Nigerian political space.”
On Datti’s political reasoning, he quipped: “His political logic is not fit for even a first-year political science class… they will query his postulations.”
Dare took issue with Baba-Ahmed’s claim that Tinubu won’t secure re-election in 2027: “He chose to base his political calculations on President Bola Tinubu not winning a second term… He conveniently avoided the substance of performance and capacity.”
Defending Tinubu’s reforms, Dare argued that “the positive impacts of the tough choices President Tinubu has made… are already being felt,” citing the IMF’s acknowledgement that “Tinubu’s reforms have put the economy in a better position to navigate this external environment.”
He further slammed Baba-Ahmed’s credibility: “Another thing Baba-Ahmed lacks is the capacity for honesty… He claimed President Tinubu is not fulfilling his campaign promises.”
Forecasting the 2027 elections, Dare asserted: “Baba-Ahmed and the other Presidential Wannabes will need all the marines available to defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
He concluded with a blistering dismissal: “Politics is not for theorists or the faint-hearted nor the parochial… If Datti Baba-Ahmed is smart, he will simply keep quiet and leave politics for those equipped for that complicated art.”
