Datti Baba-Ahmed Archives

Nov

07

2023

“Tinubu-Shettima ought to step down so Akpabio can conduct fresh presidential election.”- Ahmed Datti Baba

Opinion, Politics2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Labour Party's (LP) presidential running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has demanded that President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, resign. Following Tinubu and Shettima's resignations, Baba-Ahmed said Senate President Godswill Akpabio ought to be permitted to hold a second presidential election. In an interview with Arise Television, he made the call in response to a query regarding the prospect of cooperating with Tinubu's administration. Following the 2023 presidential election, Baba-Ahmed steadfastly maintained that Tinubu and Shettima had been sworn in fraudulently. Consequently, the LP refused to work with a government that it considered to be illegitimate. "Can Tinubu…

Apr

11

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

BREAKING: Peter Obi, Datti Wins In Court (Video)

News2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, from the February 25 general election. In the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1414/2022, the Movement had approached the court, contending that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ought not to have recognized Peter Obi as a valid candidate for the presidential poll. APM said this was in consideration of the time Obi defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the LP. The party argued that the period of Obi’s defection for…

Mar

26

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Alleged move by APC to arrest Peter Obi, Datti Ahmed, raising tension in Nigeria

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Datti Baba-Ahmed, INEC, Labour Party, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Tension has continued to build up across the country, particularly among the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi over purported plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to get him arrested. The alleged move was sequel to the activities of the former Anambra Governor, his running mate, Datti Ahmed and their supporters after losing the February 25 presidential poll. Recall that Peter Obi, his party and supporters, popularly known as Obidients, rejected the outcome of the just concluded presidential poll that produced Bola Tinubu of APC as president-elect. Peter Obi, who through…

Dec

01

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Baba-Ahmed hails Shettima’s ‘improved dress sense’

Lifestyle, Opinion, PoliticsDatti Baba-Ahmed, Lifestyle, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has sarcastically applauded his counterpart in the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Kashim Shettima, over his “improved dress sense” at public functions. This is even as he described the former Governor of Borno State as a “morally-bankrupt character” who is out of touch with reality. The APC vice presidential candidate, who stood in for his principal, Bola Tinubu, was mocked on August 22 for dressing in an oversized suit-and-sneakers combo at the Nigeria Bar Association conference in Lagos. The development led to a backlash, especially on Twitter where #ShettimaChallenge trended…

Oct

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

LP unveils Presidential Campaign Council members, says 15m votes secure

News2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The Labour Party on Wednesday, unveiled 1,234 members of its Presidential Campaign Council, with Assistant Inspector General of Police (retd.), Mohammed Zarewa, as chairman. While former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named Director-General of the Labour Party campaign organization, Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko were named secretary and spokesperson of the PCC respectively. The PCC which was unveiled at a press conference in Abuja also had different directorates and each headed by a director. Okupe expressed optimism that the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi, had at least 15 million voters “in the bag,” while…