Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party's former Vice Presidential candidate, has advised President Bola Tinubu against seeking re-election in 2027, claiming the president's time in office is effectively over.

Speaking on Arise Television's "Prime Time" program, Baba-Ahmed asserted that Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are destined to lose the next presidential election. "I expect Tinubu to throw in the towel if he is that smart politician that he turns out to be," he stated.

Baba-Ahmed sarcastically referred to Tinubu as a "super smart politician" whose strategic moves since 2007 culminated in what he described as an "electoral heist" in 2023. He argued that the signs are clear that the APC will not retain power in 2027. "If he is that smart, everything is there for him that he’s going to lose 2027," he reiterated.

He further claimed that two unnamed potential candidates could defeat Tinubu in the upcoming election. Baba-Ahmed also expressed skepticism about Tinubu's ability to fulfill his campaign promises, alleging that the APC's track record demonstrates a pattern of unfulfilled pledges. "It has been proven that APC is a lie," he said. "Buhari did not develop Nigeria, Buhari did not provide security, Buhari did not fight corruption. Neither will Tinubu ever do this."

The Labour Party chieftain predicted a unified Nigerian electorate in 2027, determined to vote out what he termed "bad leadership." "I see APC losing this election. I see Nigerians somehow uniting, listening to what someone like me is saying that if you cannot practice this, democracy is not for you, and then Nigerians will decide to come out and practice democracy for the first time, and then bad leadership will begin to have no hiding place in Nigeria,"