Datti Baba-Ahmed: Why Media Reported I Said Peter Obi Lacks Capacity To Run Nigeria
Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, Running Mate of Peter Obi on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has shed light on a recent statement that insinuated his former principal, alongside other presidential aspirants, lacked the capacity to run Nigeria successfully.
Datti said his recent Channels TV interview had been taken out of context.
According to him, he had initially told Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV what he wanted the interview to focus on, but the moderator kept asking questions that he felt were distracting from his main point.
Datti said Seun later asked him what advice he would give to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to which he responded that the Nigerian leader should prepare to hand over power for the sake of fairness, so as not to unduly give advantage to incompetent aspirants like Atiku Abubakar (Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC).
The Senator explained that while he was rushing to round off, Seun added “including Peter Obi” to the question, and he responded offhandedly, “Yes.”
Datti said this was the context behind the remark that was the media reported as: “Peter Obi can’t improve Nigeria.”
