The 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Labour Party is still open for Peter Obi should he fail to get the African Democratic Congress presidential ticket for the 2027 election.
Baba-Ahmed stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Friday.
He argued that it would be better for Obi to return to the platform on which they jointly contested the 2023 presidential election 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,” he said.
His remarks came days after Obi joined an opposition coalition anchored on the ADC, nearly three years after both men ran on a joint ticket under the LP in the last presidential election.
Baba-Ahmed also dismissed reports suggesting he had declared an intention to contest the presidency, 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, 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 said.
He blamed what he described as sensationalism on social media for fuelling what he called wrong narratives to emotional listeners.
