June 7, 2026
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.
A former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has claimed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could have positioned himself to win the 2027 presidential election if he had supported Peter Obi’s presidential bid in 2023 instead of contesting against him.
Speaking during an appearance on Inside Sources on Channels Television, Baba-Ahmed argued that Atiku missed an opportunity to build long-term political goodwill by backing younger politicians and waiting for his turn, a strategy he said President Bola Tinubu had successfully employed over the years.
According to him, had Atiku thrown his weight behind Obi and the Labour Party ticket in 2023, he would have been prepared to support the former vice president’s presidential ambition in 2027.
