Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, has stated that his principal, Peter Obi, would be welcomed back into the Labour Party if he fails to secure the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket for the 2027 elections.
Baba-Ahmed made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television on Friday, emphasizing that it would be preferable for Obi to return to the platform on which they jointly contested the 2023 presidential election rather than pursue what he described as “another type of agenda.”
“I also said if Peter Obi does not get the ticket there in ADC, he is more than welcome back to the Labour Party. I will stand there, and nobody will do anything bad to Peter Obi. It is better for him to come back than for him to do another type of agenda,” Baba-Ahmed said.
His comments come days after Obi joined an opposition coalition anchored by the ADC, nearly three years after he and Baba-Ahmed ran together on the LP platform in the 2023 presidential election.
Baba-Ahmed also refuted claims that he had declared an intention to contest the presidency, describing such reports as false.
“I never declared to contest the presidency even though there could be a possibility of that happening. I certainly did not declare for the presidency. I simply reiterated my membership of the Labour Party. That is all, and in the submissions I made, I clearly stated that one will have to wait for the INEC timetable and for the party to make the call for people to indicate their interest,” he explained.
He blamed social media sensationalism for fuelling misleading narratives that misinform the public.
Elijah Adeyemi
