Dickson Warns Against Calling Buhari “Baba Go Slow” | #Nigeria

Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has faulted those calling President Muhammadu Buhari “Baba go slow”, warning that such a derisive appellation demeans the Office of the President in the eyes of the global community.
Speaking during a news conference at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Tuesday, the Bayelsa governor said that calling the president derogatory names was bad politicking.
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’ (in apparent reference to former President Goodluck Jonathan), what do you mean?”
Gov. Dickson explained that politics must be played with honour, dignity and integrity, stressing that the best way to develop the country was for the opposition and the ruling party to come up with ideas and put the interest of the nation first always.
“We should pray for our leaders. We should support them. Bad politics is not good”, he said.
Dickson, whose tenure expires on February 28, 2016 and is expected to declare his intention for a second term anytime from now, also dismissed insinuation that the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, 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 pointed out.
Dismissing the wave of defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC in the state, Dickson said the move was inspired by greed, ambition and personal interests.
“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 said.