{"id":73999,"date":"2025-08-23T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73999"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:43:51","slug":"adc-dismisses-datti-baba-ahmeds-criticism-calls-remarks-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/23\/adc-dismisses-datti-baba-ahmeds-criticism-calls-remarks-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Dismisses Datti Baba-Ahmed\u2019s Criticism, Calls Remarks Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has dismissed comments made by Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, describing his criticism of the opposition coalition as personal and untrue.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Deputy National Publicity Secretary Jackie Wayas, the ADC reaffirmed its commitment to building a united opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections, insisting that the coalition remains focused on presenting Nigerians with a credible alternative to President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed, during a recent appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television, accused the coalition of \u201cdeceiving Nigerians\u201d and lacking the capacity to lead the country out of underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>He also hinted at contesting the 2027 presidential election alongside Labour Party leader, Mr. Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, the ADC stressed that the coalition was formed after wide consultations and boasts the involvement of prominent political figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governors Nasir El-Rufai and Rauf Aregbesola, Senator David Mark, Rotimi Amaechi, and Mr. Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the coalition is driven by national interest, not partisanship, and has Obi\u2019s full support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Datti Baba-Ahmed\u2019s assertions are his personal opinions and do not reflect the position of the ADC or its coalition partners,\u201d Wayas said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, the ADC praised Baba-Ahmed\u2019s integrity and urged him to reconsider joining the alliance to advance its vision of unity, poverty reduction, and tackling insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The party called on Nigerians to rally behind the opposition bloc, emphasizing that only a collective effort can deliver competent and compassionate leadership for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has dismissed comments made by Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, describing his criticism of the opposition coalition as personal and untrue. In a statement signed by Deputy National Publicity Secretary Jackie Wayas, the ADC reaffirmed its commitment to building a united [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74001,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73999\/revisions\/74001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}