There’s a crown on your head already – Baba-Ahmed tells Peter Obi

Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said there is a crown on the head of the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi already.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senator Baba-Ahmed said this shortly after he was unveiled as the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 presidential election.

Baba-Ahmed and Obi were spotted standing beside each other and cracking jokes about caps when the presidential candidate said he would need to wear a cap.

When Obi said: “I have to go and find a cap, a red cap and put on”, the newly unveiled vice presidential candidate joked: “There’s a crown there already” in response.

2023 presidency: Things to know about Baba-Ahmed

Following the unveiling of Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as the running mate to Peter Obi, below are quick facts you should know about him:

1. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed was born to the Baba-Ahmed family in Zaria, Kaduna State.
2. He is among thirty-three children of his father, Baba Ahmed, who was an Arab cattle-trader from modern-day Mauritania, who later became a notable professor and expert on Islamic jurisprudence.
3. Baba-Ahmed is the founder of Baze University, Abuja and Baba-Ahmed University Kano.
4. He was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party until recently.
5. Baba-Ahmed is in his 40s.
6. He once represented Kaduna North senatorial district in the Senate.
7. Baba-Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree and Masters in Economics from the University of Maiduguri in Borno State.
8. Obi’s running mate was once an employee of the security Printing and Minting, Lagos before venturing into politics.
9. Baba-Ahmed was elected as a House of Representatives member for Zaria Federal Constituency on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in 2003.
10. While in the position, he became known for speaking out against corruption and the Third Term Agenda of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
11. In 2006, while a Federal representative, he earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy when he completed his PhD studies at the University of Westminster.
12. Baba-Ahmed won the Kaduna North Senatorial seat in April 2011, and he occupied the seat from 2011 to 2012.