{"id":170917,"date":"2025-07-23T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:55:20","slug":"why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed","title":{"rendered":"Why I attended Abure-led meeting \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Labour Party former vice-presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained his reasons for attending a recent meeting organized by the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels TV\u2019s Morning Brief on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed said his attendance was a matter of principle, responsibility, and what he termed \u201ca doctrine of necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the meeting was a critical step toward reconciling opposing factions and restoring unity within the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rose to the challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became necessary the doctrine of necessity. There\u2019s absolutely nothing wrong with that and everything right in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed dismissed criticism that his engagement with the Abure-led group was unilateral or lacked legitimacy, insisting that he had carried along all relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assure you that every little step I take, concerned parties are aware,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need to get too much into our internal operations, but everyone that has to do with anything that I do is concerned and is aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to comments by Obidient movement spokesperson, Dr Tanko Yunusa, who said the group was unaware of Baba-Ahmed\u2019s reconciliation efforts, he clarified that his actions are known to Peter Obi, the party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t talk to Mr Tanko. I relate with our boss, His Excellency Peter Obi, and he is aware. He probably has been too busy to update the team around him,\u201d Baba-Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that his decision to engage the Abure faction was not an endorsement of factionalism but a proactive move to heal divisions in the interest of the party and Nigeria\u2019s democratic future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese factions only exist on the pages of the dashed hopes for Nigerian democrats. They have interfered in our activities that is what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed described himself as a \u201cpositive catalyst\u201d working to bring all parties together for dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way forward is simple: I called for all parties to get together and talk. When that happens, the press will get the headlines of what was discussed. I\u2019m just trying to make that conversation happen,\u201d he concluded.<\/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. Labour Party former vice-presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained his reasons for attending a recent meeting organized by the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party. Speaking on Channels TV\u2019s Morning Brief on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed said his attendance was a matter of principle, responsibility, and what he termed \u201ca doctrine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10161,7935,254],"class_list":["post-170917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abure","tag-datti-baba-ahmed","tag-nigeria"],"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>Why I attended Abure-led meeting \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Labour Party former vice-presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained his reasons for attending a re ...\" \/>\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\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I attended Abure-led meeting \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Labour Party former vice-presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained his reasons for attending a re ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T15:39:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T16:55:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277221.527096.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"914\" \/>\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\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Why I attended Abure-led meeting \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T15:39:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T16:55:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277221.527096.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abure\",\"Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-i-attended-abure-led-meeting-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"name\":\"Why I attended Abure-led meeting \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - 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