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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Nigerians have taken to microblogging site, Twitter, to react to the post made by Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, showing him and his running mate, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed with the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.
Obi took to his Twitter handle on Monday to share pictures of his visit to Gumi at his residence in Kaduna.
He wrote: “Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed and I stopped by for a courtesy call on Sheikh Gumi at his official residence in Kaduna.”
Reacting to the post, a tweep, Mavis Ikpeme, @mavisikpeme wrote: “PDP and APC boys , your lunch and dinner is served as Peter obi and Datti Baba the real unifiers paid a courtesy visit to sheik Gumi.
“A true pan Nigeria leader does not segregate as one voice is as important as the others!!”
Another netizen, @SodiqTade, tweeted: “I have studied and analysed the pictures of smiling Peter Obi with Sheikh Gumi in the last few minutes and I have come to the conclusion that we cannot go forward as a Nation with such candidate. It is one to take pictures, it is another thing to smile in the pictures.”
OTUNBA, @ManLikelcey, said: “I don’t support this at all, Gumi is a well known bandit spokesman.
“He embraces terrorism.”
Also, LONDON Tamuno, @london_Akan said: “Peter Obi should do whatever it takes for him to win the election. I don’t care if he stops by Gumi or the Gym but as long as it will put him in Aso rock, then I’m fine,”
@Asiwajulerry wrote: “Same people that called Sheikh Gumi a National threat are now singing his praises because Peter Obi took pictures with him. Nigeria politics is a dirty game.”
@Dr_dabo1 tweeted: “PO visiting Gumi doesn’t change the status of how I’m seeing Gumi as a terrorist sympathizer, don’t forget that PO wants to be Nigerian president, not a particular region, so he have to carry everybody along including the bad eggs after elections he can segregate during appointment.”