{"id":170920,"date":"2025-07-23T16:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:55:34","slug":"obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me","title":{"rendered":"Obi Can Be LP&#8217;s Presidential Flag Bearer With or Without Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says Peter Obi is free to fly the party\u2019s flag in the 2027 presidential election with or without him as a running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed made this statement on Wednesday, when he appeared as a guest on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are two key individuals that I have tremendous respect for; one is Peter Obi. I welcome him openly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Labour Party welcomes him to still come and retain the Labour Party ticket and contest in 2027 with or without me. And the ADC is welcome to adopt a southern candidate,\u201d Baba-Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigeria needed a leader who would deliver governance and not disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed stated further that Obi\u2019s connection with the coalition, on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, was not an anti-party activity but an unfolding situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an anti-party activity. It is an unfolding situation. The meaning of a coalition is that political parties, interest groups, and individuals are coming together. It\u2019s an unfolding situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI attended coalition meetings. Peter Obi is welcome to continue to attend those coalition meetings,\u201d Baba-Ahmed added.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing in on the issue of zoning, ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Baba-Ahmed said he was of the opinion that the South should produce the president.<\/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. The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says Peter Obi is free to fly the party\u2019s flag in the 2027 presidential election with or without him as a running mate. Baba-Ahmed made this statement on Wednesday, when he appeared as a guest on \u2018The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,7935,254,222],"class_list":["post-170920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-datti-baba-ahmed","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>Obi Can Be LP&#039;s Presidential Flag Bearer With or Without Me - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says Peter Obi is f ...\" \/>\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\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obi Can Be LP&#039;s Presidential Flag Bearer With or Without Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says Peter Obi is f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T15:40:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T16:55:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277235.340098.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"901\" \/>\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\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Obi Can Be LP&#8217;s Presidential Flag Bearer With or Without Me\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T15:40:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T16:55:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\"},\"wordCount\":250,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277235.340098.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obi-can-be-lps-presidential-flag-bearer-with-or-without-me\",\"name\":\"Obi Can Be LP's Presidential Flag Bearer With or Without Me - 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