Vice President Kashim Shettima has appointed Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed as Special Adviser on political Affairs.
Dr Hakeem is from Zaria, Kaduna State and from the same family with Yusuf Datti, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
He has been a strong critic of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration over the years.
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Baba-Ahmed’s appointment was made known on Monday, September 17, via a social media post on X, formerly where he wrote
“It is time to make it public that I have accepted the call to serve as Special Adviser (Political) to the VP, @KShettim.
“This is not the time for fence-sitting or criticism when you can be useful in turning the country round. I am honored and humbled. Please pray for me & Nigeria”
The appointment of Baba-Ahmed might likely raise eyebrows as he is the elder brother of Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party presidential running mate of Peter Obi, an arch-rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
It will be the second person the presidency is poaching from the camp of Yusuf Datti after the appointment of Professor Tahir Mamman as the Minister of Education.
Professor Mamman, before his appointment, was the Vice Chancellor of the famous Baze University, Abuja, which Yusuf Datti owns.
