{"id":175648,"date":"2025-08-23T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/datti-baba-ahmed-on-working-with-rotimi-amaechi"},"modified":"2025-08-23T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:05:39","slug":"datti-baba-ahmed-on-working-with-rotimi-amaechi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/datti-baba-ahmed-on-working-with-rotimi-amaechi","title":{"rendered":"Datti Baba-Ahmed on Working with Rotimi Amaechi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The former vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, has described former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as a \u201cgood guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed made the remark on Friday while fielding questions on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today programme, during discussions on the coalition formed on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Kaduna-born politician, who had earlier dismissed the coalition by the opposition on the ADC platform, he would consider working with Amaechi, aside from Mr Peter Obi, for the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRotimi Amaechi is a good guy. He is one of those I can adopt,\u201d Datti Baba-Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC coalition is being championed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi, Nasir El-Rufai, and Mr Peter Obi, among others.<\/p>\n<p>However, Datti clarified that he was not prepared to work with them on the ADC platform.<\/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. 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