Peter Obi’s presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says the victory of Labour Party in 2023 election will end Tinubu’s reign in Lagos state.
” By the grace of God, we have won Lagos, irrespective of Tinubu there. Are they going to come out and spread the people who are voting?” Datti asked rhetorically.
Datti, during an interview on Tuesday, February 21, on Channels TV, asserted that the Labour Party would win Lagos state in the forthcoming polls. According to him, the Muslim-Muslim ticket will not work in a multi-faceted society like Nigeria.
“Why today Tinubu is not the vice president of Nigeria is the same reason he cannot be president.” “What couldn’t happen in 2015 when the then candidate Buhari asked for any nomination whatsoever from Tinubu – because that configuration has passed. It can no longer work in Nigeria. Muslim-Muslin ticket cannot work anymore. That configuration cannot work anymore.”
He noted that Nigeria is a federation with a special place for religious belief that should be respected by all irrespective of their age, tribe, and status.
Datti says Nigeria cannot be likened to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Vatican, Iran or Libya. He said: “The creator of the heavens and earth does not make mistakes. This is the Federal Republic of Nigeria as duly filed at the United Nations and registered too.” “It’s not the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for example, or the Vatican or Iran or Libya or Mauritania. It’s a federal republic, and God didn’t make a mistake by putting all of us, 250 [tribes].
Datti further asserted that the Labour Party will have a simple win in Kaduna and Kano but will find it difficult to win in Yobe and Zamfara.
