Tinubu Shouldn’t Seek Re-election If He’s Smart- Datti Baba-Ahmed

The Labour Party’s (LP) Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has urged President Bola Tinubu to abandon any intentions of running for re-election in 2027.

Baba-Ahmed made these remarks as a guest on ‘Prime Time’, an Arise Television programme, on Friday, April 18. The politician expressed his belief that Tinubu’s “time is up,” asserting that the indicators of an electoral defeat for the former Lagos governor are unmistakably clear.

“I expect Tinubu to throw in the towel if he is that smart politician. I’m not praising him at all. It’s not good to be what he is that I don’t want to say. He skipped 2007 and jokingly made Atiku (presidential) candidate, made Buhari in 2015, Buhari won, and then skipped 2019 and they stole 2023. If he is that smart, everything is there for him that he’s going to lose 2027. There are two possible candidates that I cannot mention, and they are the nemesis of Tinubu. Tinubu’s time has come,” he said.

Baba-Ahmed described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a deception, stating that former president Muhammadu Buhari failed to advance Nigeria’s development or ensure security.

“Buhari did not fight corruption. Neither will Tinubu ever do this. So going forward, I see APC losing this election. I see Nigerians somehow uniting. Listening to what someone like me is saying that, look, if you cannot practise this democracy, it’s not for you. And then Nigerians will decide to come out and practise democracy for the first time. And then bad leadership will begin to have no hiding place in Nigeria. And then gradually, we’ll begin to heal our land, we’ll begin to recover, we’ll begin to unite and take each other as fellow Nigerians, brothers and sisters. Their time is up,” he said.

A Gentle Reminder: Every obstacle is a stepping stone, every morning; a chance to go again, and those little steps take you closer to your dream.

Nnamdi Okoli