BREAKING: DSS summons Datti Baba-Ahmed for allegedly inciting military against President Tinubu

News Express |29th Nov 2025 | 559
BREAKING: DSS summons Datti Baba-Ahmed for allegedly inciting military against President Tinubu

2023 LP Vice Presidential Candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed




The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday, Friday, November 28, 2025, invited the founder of Baze University, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, for sustaining views perceived as inciting against the Presidency and the Nigerian State, security sources have disclosed.

A report Friday evening by security expert Zagazola Makama, quoted the unnamed security sources as disclosing that there have been “growing concerns over the Baba-Ahmed's recent public remarks on various media platforms, especially those bordering on his claims of a “constitutional crisis."

One of the sources, according to Zagazola, said of the 2023 Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party: "A few days ago, Baba-Ahmed was on national television blaming the judiciary and the military for allowing the swearing-in of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashmir Shettima. He even went to the length of inciting the military that it was President Tinubu's swearing -in that made it possible for them to look you in the face and call you 'bloody fools’.

"His inflammatory comments carry undertones capable of heightening national tension particularly given the sensitivity of Nigeria’s current political climate. It is also disturbing considering how similar narratives have contributed to instability in countries like Guinea-Bissau and other states.”

"I believe the secret police is treating his comments with caution. It has nothing to do with politics, but the corporate existence of our nation could be threatened if such rhetoric is allowed to fester," the source hinted.

"The complacency by the judiciary and military in not stopping the inauguration of President Tinubu's administration as he was quoted leaves much to be desired.

"Such an invitation aligns with established protocols especially as his description of efforts to improve the security of the nation as a "joke" could agitate public sentiment, weaken trust in state institutions.

"These sessions are not punitive; they are preventive, focused on clarifying intent, contextualizing the remarks, and preventing the emergence of narratives that could unintentionally fuel unrest," the source declared.




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