Labour Party’s vice presidnetia; candidate in 2023, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has insisted that it defeated the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in 2023.
This is the position held by many Obidients, being followers of the party’s presidential candidate then, Peter Ob.
Obi came third according to official figures but they insist they were the winners.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu can be defeated in 2027 without any coalition.
He said, “It’s all about a narrative that was quickly sold to Nigeria — that to defeat Tinubu, it has to be a coalition. Coalition is good, but in 2023 we defeated APC, PDP. There was no coalition in the Labour Party,” he said.
The politician stressed that the real coalition Nigeria needs is not among politicians but at the ballot box.
“The real coalition we need is in the ballot box. The real coalition is of votes at the ballot box. You protect them all the way to declaration,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed reignited the stance in an interview on ‘Arise Television’, saying the LP triumphed without any coalition.
This is as he said the former Governor of Anambra State deserves to be the presidential candidate of the newly formed African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition — not a vice presidential candidate.
“The position of VP is very big. Anyway, I wanted to be, and I was rigged out. But I think Peter Obi should not be a VP, having gotten a disputed 10 million votes,” he said.
According to him, the coalition’s presidential ticket is effectively between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and Obi. However, he insisted Obi should not settle for the number two slot.
Baba-Ahmed also rejected the notion that only a coalition of opposition politicians can defeat President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the 2023 election as proof.
