The Labour Party Board of Trustees constituted by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned former vice presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed against making premature declarations.
Naijaonpoint reports that the warning comes amidst comments attributed to Baba-Ahmed suggesting interest in the 2027 presidency.
However, Baba-Ahmed later denied making a formal declaration. He explained that his remarks were misconstrued and were meant only to reaffirm his membership of the Labour Party.
Despite the denial, NLC-aligned BoT, has expressed strong reservation over Baba-Ahmed’s comment.
A BoT member, Lawson Osagie, told Punch that the former vice presidential candidate standing within the party should be questioned.
He said, “The tenure of Abure has expired. So I don’t know the Labour Party that Datti is nursing to run his presidential ambition.
“If you look at the press release INEC issued some days ago, you will understand that the commission does not recognise the Abure leadership. INEC also acknowledged that there has been a leadership vacuum since 2024, just as the Supreme Court judgment states that Abure’s tenure has expired.
“To me, Datti is a meddlesome interloper. He has no honour and integrity and, to date, belongs to no organ of the party. He was just fortunate to contest with Obi in 2023, yet he didn’t win.”
“So whatever he is saying amounts to self-aggrandisement. He is just a mole in the party. We don’t want characters like him in our party.”