At the Labour Party’s grand finale campaign rally in Lagos on Saturday, 11 February 2023, the vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed entertained the crowd with a rendition of a cover of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1976 afrobeat hit, ‘Yellow Fever’.
Baba-Ahmed, known for his calm demeanour, was fueled by the energy of the crowd and he teased the party’s teeming supporters, “I know this is the era of P-Square.
“This is the era of the yuppies. Most of you here have forgotten, but that wise man used to yab. Lagos, if you have forgotten that man, I will yab you. Baba Fela!”
Breaking into the song, he asked the crowd to sing along with him by chanting ‘Peter’.
“Who fix Nigeria?” he sang to the tune of ‘Yellow Fever’ as the crowd promptly chanted “Peter”. “Our precious country (Peter). We find am for this world (Peter). For 200 million (Peter). I go die o (Peter). I go die o (Peter).”
The rendition was met with cheers from the crowd.
The vice-presidential candidate restated the party’s commitment to lead Nigeria to greatness.
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