Sowore slams Datti over podcast jabs at Obi, Atiku, casts himself as only viable 2027 alternative
Omoyele Sowore
Abdullateef Fowewe
Omoyele Sowore, the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has reacted to remarks by Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed on the September 6, 2026 episode of the “MIC ON” podcast, where Datti dismissed Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and other would-be challengers to President Bola Tinubu as incapable of improving Nigeria.
In a statement circulated on social media, Sowore seized on Datti’s comments to reinforce his own pitch as the sole credible opposition figure, while accusing Datti of long knowing that Obi was a “packaged fraud” and of previously aligning with Tinubu’s camp.
Datti’s podcast remarks spark fresh opposition row
During the podcast interview, Datti said none of the politicians currently positioning themselves to contest Tinubu in 2027—including Obi and Atiku—could deliver meaningful change for Nigeria, even as he urged the president to prepare to hand over power.
He also recounted warning Obi against leaving the Labour Party platform and joining the ADC, saying Obi “left his comfort zone against my advice” and that he could no longer support him after that decision.
Responding to the clip, Sowore described Datti in harsh terms and framed the interview as confirmation of his own 2023 claims that key opposition figures were effectively working for Tinubu.
He wrote, “This bozo and military apologist, the empty airhead Ahmed Datti, says @PeterObi, @Atiku and the others can’t improve Nigeria, well with the exception of myself. On that point, he is right.
“He knew Peter Obi, whom he deputized, was a packaged fraud. That needs no repeating, he just revealed what he knew up close.
“I sat next to Datti in 2023 at the Peace Accord signing and watched him fawning over @officialabat Tinubu. I tweeted right there that these guys were working for their uncle, Tinubu. Their followers couldn’t handle the truth then. Now they know better.”
The intervention comes as Sowore continues to market the AAC as a movement built “with sweat and blood,” rather than a vehicle for godfathers or billionaire-backed candidates hopping between parties.
