2027: Don’t count me among candidates who can’t fix Nigeria, Adebayo tells Baba-Ahmed

Adewole Adebayo has rejected Datti Baba-Ahmed’s claim that none of the leading contenders for Nigeria’s 2027 presidency has the capacity to turn the country around.

Speaking on Arise TV’s News Night on Sunday, the Social Democratic Party candidate said Baba-Ahmed should limit his conclusion to politicians he had personally worked with. He argued that it could not apply to candidates with whom Baba-Ahmed had no direct dealings.

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Senator Datti is talking from experience, the intimate relationship with people he has dealt with, so limit it to that. He can’t be talking about people like us, whom he has not dealt with.

“Senator Datti is talking from experience, the intimate relationship with people he has dealt with, so limit it to that. He can’t be talking about people like us, whom he has not dealt with,” Adebayo said.

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I will simply advise uncle (Tinubu) to please prepare to hand over and move away, but not to the people contesting against him.

Baba-Ahmed, who served as Peter Obi’s running mate in the 2023 presidential election, made his assessment during an appearance on the Mic On Podcast on Saturday. He advised President Bola Tinubu to prepare to hand over power, but said none of the opposition figures seeking to replace him would improve Nigeria.

Adebayo suggested that Baba-Ahmed’s experience with Obi might have shaped his view of the other contenders. He also pointed to Baba-Ahmed’s previous involvement with the Peoples Democratic Party, saying his familiarity with politicians he had worked with could explain his assessment of the political class. Adebayo insisted that he should not be included in that judgment.

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Because none of them will improve Nigeria. All those people contesting against him too were all in bed together at some point or another, including Peter Obi. At some point, he was in PDP.