LP Secretary speaks on Datti Baba-Ahmed running for president

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According to Umar Farouk Ibrahim, National Secretary of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the party’s former presidential running mate, is eligible to run for president.

Baba-Ahmed, according to Ibrahim, is just as qualified as Peter Obi, the party’s last presidential candidate.

In an interview with Trust TV, he said this in response to Obi’s affiliation with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which is supported by the opposition alliance.

He said: “Datti is qualified to contest for the presidency as good as Peter Obi. So, the seat of that candidacy is not reserved for anybody. It is open for a competitive contest.

“If Datti is willing to aspire for presidency and he wants to do that under the Labour Party, we will open it. Come and buy the form, mobilise his support and then get elected.

“But the only thing is that if those people didn’t come back to us, they lose that opportunity because there’s no way you’ll continue to romance with other political party and then you still come back and your one leg is in the Labour Party. No, ab initio, you may be disqualified.”

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