‘Bola is his name, President is his office’ — Paul Ibe defends Atiku

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defended him implicit his determination to notation to President Bola Tinubu simply arsenic “Bola.”

In a station connected his verified X grip connected Friday, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said determination was nary Nigerian instrumentality making it an offence for Atiku oregon immoderate different idiosyncratic to code the President by his archetypal name.

Reacting to disapproval of Atiku’s usage of “Bola” successful his Independence Day address, Ibe said, “Bola is his name. President is his office.”

He argued that nether Section 36(12) of the Constitution, cipher tin beryllium convicted of an offence unless the offence and its punishment are prescribed successful written law.

Ibe challenged critics of Atiku to place the instrumentality requiring Nigerians to code Tinubu arsenic “President,” “His Excellency” oregon “Mr President.”

He besides cited Section 39 of the Constitution, which guarantees state of expression, arguing that radical could disagree with Atiku’s prime of words without turning it into an offence.

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