2023: Labour Party announces Datti as Obi’s vice

The Labour Party has officially announced Datti Ahmed founder of Baze University Abuja and Baba-Ahmed University Kano, as Peter Obi’s running mate for the 2023 Presidential Election. Peter Obi made the announcement on Thursday, in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

This follows the withdrawal of Doyin Okupe from the race in a letter he personally signed and sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Labour Party had picked the former presidential aide and DG Peter Obi’s campaign team as a placeholder to enable it to meet the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Since then, the party and its presidential candidate have been making wide consultation to make a replacement after talks for an alliance with the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP failed on June 15.

Datti Ahmed who is a former presidential aspirant under the leading opposition party, PDP, also served in the two houses of the National Assembly and holds at least four degrees.

He was also an aspirant for the 2023 Kaduna State Governorship election.