Stop calling President Buhari ‘Baba go slow’ – Governor Dickson warns

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has frowned at those calling President
Muhammadu Buhari “Baba go slow.”
He said such a disreputable title belittles the office and persons of the President in the
eyes of the international community.
Speaking during a news conference at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos,
on Tuesday, Dickson said that calling the President derogatory names was bad
politicking.

He also flayed those who referred to former President Goodluck Jonathan as “clueless,”
saying it was wrong to demean the occupier of the highest office in the land.
The governor, whose tenure expires on February 28, 2016, has yet to formally declare
his intention to seek re-election in the December 5, 2015 governorship election coming
up in the state.
He said, “What are you saying when you call President Buhari ‘Baba go slow?’ In what
light are you putting the President before the international community? When you refer
to someone as ‘clueless’, what do you mean?”
“We should pray for our leaders. We should support them. Bad politics is not good,” he
said.
He dispelled the report that the wife of former President Jonathan, Patience, was
sponsoring a candidate in the All Progressives Congress against his governorship
ambition.
“Patience Jonathan is not my enemy. I’m not aware she’s sponsoring any candidate
against me. Former President Jonathan believes I should be re-elected. He is my elder
brother.”
He said, “All those who defected are my contractors. Would you call someone who
gave you a contract your enemy? They are positioning themselves for federal
appointments, as my party cannot give them that.
“I have faced stiffer opposition in the past and I came out victorious. The PDP is solidly
on the ground in Bayelsa and nothing can shake it. In the past 16 years, Bayelsa has
always been with the ruling party. That is why some of them are going to the APC. It’s
all part of politics. The defectors are not my enemies,” he added.