‘Obidients Are Always Eager To Attack’: Datti Dares Peter Obi Supporters, Says He Has ‘More Damaging Things’ To Reveal Amid Ticket Debate

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Baba-Ahmed said he had personal experience of the challenges Obi faced in gaining acceptance among northern voters during the 2023 presidential campaign, insisting that the region was unlikely to support such a ticket.

Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has warned supporters of Peter Obi, popularly known as Obidients, against attacking him over his comments that a possible presidential ticket involving Obi and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso may struggle to secure support in northern Nigeria.

Baba-Ahmed said he had personal experience of the challenges Obi faced in gaining acceptance among northern voters during the 2023 presidential campaign, insisting that the region was unlikely to support such a ticket.

Speaking in an interview with Symfoni TV, the former vice-presidential candidate accused some Obidients of being quick to attack people who express views they disagree with.

“First, these people (Obidients) are always eager to attack. I said it is very unlikely that the North will support Peter Obi, very unlikely because I know what I have faced,” he said.

He recalled that shortly after joining Obi on the Labour Party presidential ticket in 2022, he had to confront allegations that Obi’s administration in Anambra State discriminated against northerners by requiring them to carry identification cards.

Baba-Ahmed also referenced controversies surrounding the demolition of a mosque in Anambra State and the leaked conversation between Obi and the founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, in which the former governor repeatedly addressed the cleric as “Yes Daddy”.

He said the controversies created difficulties for the campaign in northern communities and that he personally worked to counter the allegations while mobilising support for Obi.

“I wonder how Kwankwaso, who flew from Kano to Anambra to go and challenge Peter Obi: ‘Why are you driving (out northerners from your state?)’ You know that kind of thing. How will he now go to Kano and contradict himself, ‘No, no, no, it is not what happened?’” he said.

Baba-Ahmed said he had taken Obi’s campaign to several northern locations, including Borno, Kano and Zaria, to address the controversies and promote the presidential candidate.

“I smuggled him to Borno, to the Caliphate, to Kano, to Zaria to market him. So I sorted that problem of ID card, mosque demolition, ‘Yes Daddy,’” he said.

He maintained that his assessment of the North’s likely response to an Obi-Kwankwaso ticket remained unchanged, arguing that the political and religious controversies surrounding the 2023 campaign could still affect the former governor’s prospects in the region.

Baba-Ahmed also issued a pointed warning to Obi’s supporters against turning their criticism towards him, suggesting that he could make further damaging revelations if they attacked him.

“They (Obidients) shouldn’t start that nonsense with me that they will start attacking me because I have more damaging things to say,” he warned.

The comments come amid continuing political discussions about possible alliances and presidential tickets ahead of the 2027 general election.

Obi, who contested the 2023 presidential election under the Labour Party, is now the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), while Baba-Ahmed served as his running mate in the previous election.

SOURCE: SaharaReporters

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