Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed dumps Labour Party

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, has announced his resignation from the Labour Party and his intention to join the Peoples Redemption Party.

He made the disclosure on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of prioritising the destruction of opposition parties over governance.

“We have had a government who has made its primary purpose the destruction of other political parties. Instead of fighting insecurity and fixing our economy and stopping the stealing, what is more important is to destroy political parties,” he said.

Baba-Ahmed who ran alongside Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the 2023 general election, cited internal disagreements, a drift from the party’s founding ideals, and alleged government interference in opposition politics as reasons for his exit.

“They redeployed someone to come with a specific purpose, and because of the antecedents of the individual, to make life difficult, particularly for me. But what Labour Party stood for then is no longer what it is today,” he said.