The Labour Party vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, warned on Thursday that the opposition coalition must do the unthinkable to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
The opposition group led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had officially adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the election.
The group unveiled the interim executive committee for the party on Wednesday with former Senate President, David Mark and ex-Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as the chairman and secretary, respectively.
Baba-Ahmed, who featured in a programme on Trust TV, said Tinubu was a phenomenon who waited for 16 years to become the country ‘s president.
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He said: “I don’t yet see anyone in this coalition who can scheme and plan over 16 years. With all due respect to Atiku, he has contested consistently—this will be the seventh time.
‘But tell me: is there anyone else in the coalition who will say, ‘Let it be the other person, and I will support them’? I’m yet to see that. Everyone seems only interested in their candidacy.
“But Tinubu stayed committed for 16 years and took it in 2023.
“He gave Atiku the ACN in 2007. Gave it to Ribadu in 2011. Backed Buhari in 2015. And waited until 2023 to take it himself. I’m saying: to defeat this phenomenon called Tinubu, you must do the unthinkable.”
