It Doesn’t Have To Be Peter Obi – Datti Baba-Ahmed Reveals Condition To Support Coalition Flagbearer

Former Labour Party presidential running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has stated that he would support whoever emerges as the coalition’s presidential candidate, provided the primary election is credible.

He asserted that he is ready to work with the candidate even if the individual is not his former principal, Peter Obi.

He made the disclosure while featuring on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Thursday night.

Speaking further, he disclosed that he predicted the current role ex-Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai is playing in the coalition two years ago.

According to him, he had foreseen El-Rufai’s present role and shared this prediction with Peter Obi.

He said, “I need to see a very clean and transparent primary is taking place, will that happen I don’t know. I’m a good team player and at the end of the day, there is only so much you humans can do.

“I was the 12th aspirant in Port Harcourt and I served as Director of Research and Strategy in the PDP in 2018 and 2019, credibly I served.

“Because I didn’t want a presidential contest coming from the North in 2023, I thought of contesting the governorship until I saw the kind of primaries that were to be held and I pulled out, the next day Peter Obi pulled out of PDP.

“So if I’m in the coalition and a candidate emerges based on the kind of acceptable practices that should happen to me, I will readily work with that person and it doesn’t have to be Obi.

“Peter Obi was with me in the Labour Party and we all decided to go back and contest, I’m with him by default.

“If he contests in coalition and wins, I will give him the support. I have Obi. Two names, two years ago. I had predicted that El-Rufai was headed this way and there are many correct calculations that I did that have come true.

“I’m saying he would come into some form of a coalition and try to play the kind of role he is playing today.”