Barely 24 hours after the Director-General, Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, announced his withdrawal as the vice-presidential candidate of the party, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi unveiled his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja, was announced as the LP vice-presidential candidate in Abuja on Friday.
Baba-Ahmed represented Kaduna North in the Senate under the Congress for Progressives Change between 2011and 2012. He was also a member of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007.
According to the information posted on the website of the university, Baba-Ahmed has four degrees.
They include a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of Maiduguri, an MBA from the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Baba-Ahmed completed his Ph.D. at the University of Westminster in 2006.
He did his National Youth Service at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State, as Projects Coordinator, Baze Research and Data Services Ltd, and as Officer II in the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Lagos.
His work experience shows that the running mate worked as a Banking Officer with First Bank of Nigeria Plc from July 1997 to Dec 1998.
Later, he became the Managing Director of Baze Research and Data Services Ltd in July 1999 – January 2003.
Okupe, who announced his withdrawal via his verified Twitter handle @doyinokupe noted that his party would announce the new running mate to the presidential candidate.
“This afternoon I submitted my withdrawal letter from the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party to INEC. A replacement will be announced by the national chairman of the party shortly. I feel greatly blessed to have been part of the foundation of success for the LP,” Okupe tweeted.
Like the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party had named Okupe as the interim vice presidential candidate of the LP in order to beat the deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
