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WHY PETER OBI SHOULD NOT BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN OPPOSITION COALITION – DATTI BABA-AHMED
Former Labour Party (LP) vice presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has stated that it would be undeserving for the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to be offered a vice presidential ticket in the newly formed African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition.
According to Baba-Ahmed, Obi should not run as a vice presidential candidate due to his performance in the 2023 election.
He stated this while speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday.
The former Vice Presidential candidate stated that the coalition’s presidential ticket is between the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Obi.
He, however, insisted that Obi should not be a deputy to anyone for the 2027 election.
“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.
The Kaduna politician also disagreed with the narrative that only the coalition of opposition politicians can defeat President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Citing the 2023 election, he claimed that the Labour Party defeated Tinubu and Atiku without a coalition.
“It’s all about a narrative that was sold out to Nigeria very quickly, 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 Labor Party.”
Baba-Ahmed argued that Nigeria’s real coalition needs to be formed in the ballot boxes, not through the association of opposition politicians.
According to him, no law says coalition is the only means through which a ruling party can be defeated.
“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 stated.
