Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has disagreed with reactions to his recent criticism of Peter Obi. He recently had his say during an interview with Seun Okinbaloye, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Explaining that his position was based on fairness, Datti Baba-Ahmed declared that he was not campaigning for Atiku in any way because he is not a member of Atiku’s political party.
He concluded by questioning why his criticism of Obi generated such strong reactions, arguing that political figures should be free to change political platforms.
His words, “Tinubu does not have enough votes to win, if Atiku is the leading challenger, Atiku does not have who to declare him. Do you now see the problem?.
I said it is just equity, give a level playing ground to all of them. That’s what happened. Seun now added, including Peter Obi?
Now, because of time and stress and all that, it was on Friday and to get the question out of the way, I said, ‘Yes, including Peter Obi’ and then, that is what Nigerians took.
Now, it is okay for Peter Obi to leave Atiku in 2022, go to another party, share the votes and lose it but it is not okay for anybody to leave Peter Obi. What kind of country are we in? Am I not a Nigerian?
We were in Labour Party and he had been cancelled as the presidential candidate since 2024. I did everything to keep Peter Obi in, he moved out to ADC and I told him, it is not a place for you.
I went there to discuss democracy, to discuss the first republic, I went there and brought solid principles, solid arguments, put forward. It didn’t matter to anybody. That is how low political discussions have become.”
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