{"id":170725,"date":"2025-07-22T11:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:00:32","slug":"datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans","title":{"rendered":"Datti: Cracking APC Easier Than Me for 2027 Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Datti Baba-Ahmed, former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has dismissed claims of a rift between him and Peter Obi, saying their relationship remains strong ahead of the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In a trending video clip on X, Datti made it clear that he and Obi are still united, despite ongoing rumours of political cracks between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are saying if there is a crack, there is no crack. And by the grace of God Almighty, there will never be a crack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is easier to break the head of APC than to break the crack that exists between us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Datti also spoke on his loyalty to the Labour Party, saying he remains committed to the party that gave him an opportunity in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stated clearly that as a loyal member to a party that has achieved what no party in Nigeria\u2019s political history has achieved&#8230; this party is one not to be abandoned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of political coalitions, Datti distanced himself from the ongoing ADC coalition talks.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that although he and Obi had attended some of the meetings, it doesn\u2019t mean they left the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA coalition is not a political party. To the best of my knowledge, Obi is still a member of Labour Party, and I am too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, he emphasized that he is working to reconcile everyone within the Labour Party and is more interested in unity than ambition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to reconcile all parties. This is what a loyal and unambitious member does and that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came after he met with LP National Chairman Julius Abure, signalling a mended relationship between them.<\/p>\n<p>Abure also confirmed that Datti has declared his intention to run for president in 2027 under the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Datti Baba-Ahmed, former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has dismissed claims of a rift between him and Peter Obi, saying their relationship remains strong ahead of the 2027 presidential election. In a trending video clip on X, Datti made it clear that he and Obi are still united, despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18120,18119,34,254,222],"class_list":["post-170725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2027-lp","tag-ahmed-datti","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Datti: Cracking APC Easier Than Me for 2027 Plans - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Datti Baba-Ahmed, former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has dismissed claims of a rift between hi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Datti: Cracking APC Easier Than Me for 2027 Plans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Datti Baba-Ahmed, former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has dismissed claims of a rift between hi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T10:54:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T12:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753173138.053209.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Datti: Cracking APC Easier Than Me for 2027 Plans\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-22T10:54:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-22T12:00:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753173138.053209.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027: LP\",\"Ahmed Datti\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-cracking-apc-easier-than-me-for-2027-plans\",\"name\":\"Datti: Cracking APC Easier Than Me for 2027 Plans - 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