2027: ADC Coalition Packed With Presidential Ambitions – Datti Baba-Ahmed

A former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has expressed concern over the growing number of presidential hopefuls within the opposition coalition formed under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying the group is driven more by ambition than strategy.

Speaking in an interview with Trust TV, Baba-Ahmed observed that the coalition—made up of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, David Mark, and several ex-governors—is crowded with individuals aiming for the presidency.

“The coalition is full of options, the coalition is full of resources, but the downside is that the coalition is also too full of ambitions. Ambitions have to be reduced, they have to be managed carefully,” he said.

He argued that, unlike the APC’s early days when Bola Tinubu set aside his own ambition to support Atiku in 2007 or when Buhari joined with a strong grassroots following in 2015, the ADC lacks such unifying leadership.

Baba-Ahmed clarified that his remarks were not a condemnation of the coalition but stressed that there is no clear strategy in place to challenge the current administration.

“If you do business as usual against a sitting government like Tinubu, you won’t win. You need to do what we call think outside the box. To achieve an impossible feat, you truly need an impossible strategy,” he stated.

The former lawmaker warned against presenting Atiku again as the coalition’s candidate, insisting the APC already knows how to defeat him.

“If you bring out Atiku, they know how to work against Atiku, and he is welcome to win, if he wins we will support him. You need that candidate they can’t understand, they don’t know where to catch, that is how to win an election,” he said.

He added that unlike the APC which had a clear leader in Buhari, the ADC coalition should avoid defaulting to a single political heavyweight.

Titilope Adako

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