Datti Baba-Ahmed, former Labour Party vice presidential candidate, said he accepted the vice presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election more out of sympathy for Peter Obi and Nigeria’s situation than from ideological alignment.
Baba-Ahmed revealed this during an interview with media outlet Symfoni, captured in a video circulating on Wednesday.
The former vice-presidential candidate also explained that Obi had approached three other prominent politicians, all of whom declined to partner with him.
He said, “They thought I would follow Peter Obi. Now, people don’t understand that between me and Obi, there’s a great deal of sympathy. I have sympathy for him.”
In the interview, Baba-Ahmed, who moved from the Labour Party to the Peoples Redemption Party in May 2026, also drew a clear distinction between himself and his former running mate.
He further stressed that Obi has little control over his political future and that his support was limited.
He said, “They thought I would follow Peter Obi. But I had given enough sympathy there… With due respect, he does not own my politics. He does not own me. I am independent.”
BACKSTORY…
Similar to Datti Baba-Ahmed, Peter Obi defected first to ADC and later to NDC.
The former governor of Anambra highlighted the Labour Party’s internal problems as his reason for leaving.
The former senator argued that internal LP issues are insufficient justification for Obi’s defection.
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