Former vice-presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would have won the 2027 presidency if he had supported Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential poll.
A fresh political controversy erupted within the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) following allegations that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is attempting to monopolise party structures and candidate selection processes in Kano State, triggering tension among senior party officials.
Meanwhile, the former Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and NDC chieftain, Sam Amadi, said the recent primary election conducted by the Imo State chapter of the party was marred by ticket racketeering and short-changing of aspirants.
Baba-Ahmed, during an interview on ‘Inside Sources’ on Channels Television, said if Atiku had been patient and acted like President Bola Tinubu, who offered others the political platform to contest presidential elections, he (Baba-Ahmed) would have agreed to step down in 2027 and urged Obi to do the same.