Baba Tee also disclosed he backed the former Lagos State governor without being paid
Nollywood actor and popular skit maker, Babatunde Bernard Tayo, better known as Baba Tee, has explained his decision to back the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and eventual winner, Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
He justified his decision while featuring on a recent episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, were he disclosed he campaigned for the former Lagos State governor pro bono.
According to Baba Tee, he supported Tinubu because he benefited from his free education and security initiatives in Lagos State.
Speaking during the interview, he said: “I campaigned for [Bola] Tinubu because I benefited from his free education, and security during RRS, nobody gave me money.
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Baba Tee added: “We used to suffer from a lot of insecurity back then. Hoodlums will send letters that they are coming to terrorise a particular area and they will indeed come. Nightlife in Lagos then was hellfire. But when Tinubu came, Lagos was reformed.
“My mum who was a petty trader was also a victim of the robbery in Lagos then. Tinubu actually eradicated insecurity in Lagos. And because of that I supported him in the presidential election out of my own free will.”