Abuja, Nigeria – Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate and running mate to Peter Obi, has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a “grand deception”.
According to him, the party is being used by those who ruined Nigeria during the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to seek refuge ahead of the 2027 elections.
Speaking on Channels TV, Baba-Ahmed attributed Nigeria’s fundamental problems to flawed leadership recruitment processes that have consistently produced corrupt and self-serving politicians. “Insecurity is derived from electoral fraud. Corruption is aggravated by the kind of elections we conduct. The destruction of our youth and our judiciary is guaranteed by the fraudulent electoral system we run,” he declared.
Baba-Ahmed also criticized the Buhari administration, describing it as one of the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history. He pointed out that Buhari himself served in the corruption-soaked General Sani Abacha regime. “Nigerians were absolutely disappointed. He (Buhari) was a gentleman who had no trade to his name… Everybody knows how corrupt that (Abacha) government was. Up till now, money is still being claimed by the federal government as stolen during that period,” he said.
The senator expressed skepticism about the ADC, saying, “They are deceiving us. The ADC is a deception. Those who ruined Nigeria between 2015 and 2023 cannot now come under a new platform and claim they want to fix the country.”
Baba-Ahmed reaffirmed his loyalty to the Labour Party and Peter Obi, stating, “I am in Labour Party, for God’s sake. I am a Peter Obi man, and I want him to contest again in 2027.”
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