The Labour Party’s Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has officially announced his presidential ambition ahead of the 2027 elections.
Baba-Ahmed declared this at a rally held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The declaration announcement is coming barely one week after Obi announced his departure from the Labour Party, LP, for the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
Speaking to party members and supporters, Baba-Ahmed said his aspiration was neither reactionary nor dependent on Obi’s political decisions, adding that his presidential ambition predates the 2023 election.
“I have made myself available to contest for the office in 2027. I’m not following anybody’s trajectory or stepping into anybody’s shoes.
“Can I please remind you that before His Excellency Governor Peter Obi filed for the presidency, I aspired for the presidency before him? The records are there for you to see,” he said.