{"id":194540,"date":"2026-02-12T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:29:29","slug":"2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed","title":{"rendered":"2027: ADC lack strong leaders \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Labour Party\u2019s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, has cast doubt on the cohesion and electoral prospects of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, saying the party lacks unifying political figures comparable to some of Nigeria\u2019s past and present leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on Trust TV, Baba-Ahmed argued that the ADC does not have personalities with the political weight of former President Muhammadu Buhari or President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have a Buhari or a Tinubu in the ADC. Tinubu has a lot of sense. They don\u2019t have it in ADC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that internal disagreements could arise depending on who emerges as the party\u2019s presidential candidate, suggesting that major contenders could struggle to rally unanimous support within the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause today, if Atiku wins the ticket, others have a problem with that. If Obi or Amaechi wins the ticket, other candidates will have a problem with it,\u201d Baba-Ahmed stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have a Buhari in ADC,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed also praised Tinubu\u2019s political strategy and experience, describing the president as focused and determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTinubu was focused, resourced, determined. And of course, he has a lot of sense and experience that he applied into this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing a comparison with former President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s 2011 election, Baba-Ahmed referenced what he described as a prior political understanding with northern stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have a Jonathan in the game. Why do I mean by Jonathan? Jonathan was re-elected in 2011 with the promise to northern elements that he wouldn\u2019t contest 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there was a promise issue, and the north felt it was time to go back to the north,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He added that these concerns point to broader structural challenges within the ADC coalition, noting that a fuller discussion of those issues would require more time.<\/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\u2019s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, has cast doubt on the cohesion and electoral prospects of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, saying the party lacks unifying political figures comparable to some of Nigeria\u2019s past and present leaders. Speaking during an interview on Trust TV, Baba-Ahmed argued that the ADC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>2027: ADC lack strong leaders \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Labour Party\u2019s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, has cast doubt on the cohesion and electoral pros ...\" \/>\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\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: ADC lack strong leaders \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Labour Party\u2019s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, has cast doubt on the cohesion and electoral pros ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T11:18:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T12:29:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770899326.97508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\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\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: ADC lack strong leaders \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-12T11:18:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-12T12:29:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770899326.97508.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-lack-strong-leaders-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"name\":\"2027: ADC lack strong leaders \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - 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