Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour party Vice Presidential Candidate is former lawmaker who served as Senator for Kaduna North from 2011 to 2012 and member of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007.
He has a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of Maiduguri in Borno State.
Baba-Ahmed was born in 1975 and worked in the security Printing and Minting, Lagos before entering politics.
In 2006, while serving as a Federal representative, he earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy when he completed his Ph.D studies at the University of Westminster.
Baba-Ahmed was popular for his principled activism and is known for speaking out against corruption.
During the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, he was among lawmakers who opposed letting Obasanjo run for a third term.
In May 2006 he said he would not run for re-election unless action was taken to investigate allegations that members had been bribed to support the constitutional changes needed for a third term presidency.
In 2007 he took the Independent National Electoral Commission to court over conduct of past elections.
