Former Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed says none of the leading presidential candidates for Nigeria’s 2027 election—including Peter Obi—can improve the country. He makes the claim in remarks delivered during an interview on the MicOn Podcast.
Baba-Ahmed frames his view as a call for a “new Nigeria” and argues that all the major contenders helped shape the current political situation, including Obi, who he says has also been in a different party context previously. Sources also report that he tells President Bola Tinubu to prepare to hand over power, while he opposes the idea that challengers could deliver better outcomes.
Across the outlets, the core point is consistent: Baba-Ahmed argues that the 2027 contest will not produce leaders capable of moving Nigeria forward. The coverage differs mainly in phrasing and emphasis—some outlets foreground the names of Tinubu’s challengers (such as Atiku Abubakar and Obi), while others add Baba-Ahmed’s broader criticism of Nigeria’s party landscape and his questions about political attacks over Tinubu’s past records.
