Obi welcome again to LP if denied ADC presidential ticket – Datti Baba-Ahmed

The 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has stated his principal, Peter Obi, could be obtained again into the celebration if he fails to clinch the African Democratic Congress presidential ticket for the 2027 election.

Baba-Ahmed acknowledged this throughout an interview with Channels Tv on Friday.

He argued that it will be higher for Obi to return to the platform on which they collectively contested the 2023 presidential election than pursue what he described as “one other kind of agenda”.

“I additionally stated if Peter Obi doesn’t get the ticket there in ADC, he’s greater than welcome again to the Labour Party.

“I’ll stand there, and no person will do something dangerous to Peter Obi. It’s higher for him to come back again than for him to do one other kind of agenda,” he stated.

His remarks got here days after Obi joined an opposition coalition anchored on the ADC, almost three years after each males ran on a joint ticket beneath the LP within the final presidential election.

Baba-Ahmed additionally dismissed reviews suggesting he had declared an intention to contest the presidency, describing such claims as false.

“I by no means declared to contest the presidency despite the fact that there might be a chance of that occuring. I definitely didn’t declare for the presidency. I merely reiterated my membership of the Labour Party.

“That’s all, and within the submissions I made, I clearly acknowledged that one must anticipate the INEC timetable and for the celebration to make the decision for individuals to point their curiosity,” he stated.

He blamed what he described as sensationalism on social media for fuelling what he known as flawed narratives to emotional listeners.

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