The 2023 Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that his former running mate, Peter Obi, would be welcomed back into the party if he fails to secure the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket for the 2027 election.
Baba-Ahmed made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television on Friday, emphasising that returning to the LP would be preferable to pursuing “another type of agenda.”
“I also said if Peter Obi does not get the ticket 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 follow another type of agenda,” he said.
His comments come days after Obi joined an opposition coalition led by the ADC, nearly three years after he and Baba-Ahmed contested the 2023 presidential election on the LP platform.
Baba-Ahmed also dismissed reports suggesting he had declared his own intention to run for president, describing such claims 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. In my submissions, I clearly stated that one must wait for the INEC timetable and for the party to make the call for people to indicate their interest,” he said.
He criticised social media for spreading misinformation, saying it fuels “wrong narratives to emotional listeners.”
