2027: Babachir Lawal accuses NDC’s Binani of supporting Atiku

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has accused the Adamawa State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Aisha Binani, of supporting Atiku Abubakar.

Lawal made the allegation on Monday in a post on his official Facebook page.

The former SGF, who recently defected to the NDC, lamented that Binani is supporting Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, instead of Peter Obi of the NDC.

Lawal’s statement was a response to reports that six NDC governorship candidates from the North-East rejected his appointment as the leader of the party in the North-East and North-Central.

The former Atiku ally also stated that the NDC governorship candidates in Gombe and Taraba States had reached out to him to dissociate themselves from the statement.

According to him, Nigeria has no option other than Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso as President and Vice President of the country in 2027.

He also vowed that there would be no alteration of results in the 2027 polls, stressing that moles would be rendered redundant.

“My attention has been drawn to a trending story on social media to the effect that six so-called gubernatorial candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress are protesting my joining the party and my appointment as the leader of the party in the North-Eastern Zone of the party.

“I have it on good authority that the charade is being led and organised by a female pretender to the governorship candidacy of Adamawa State.

“It is important to note that this matter of protest is of no worry to me. I consider it to be a matter for the national leadership of the party, which recruited me into the party and declared me the National Leader of the party in the North-East and North-Central zones of the party.

“No formal offer was made to me, nor did I request to be so appointed before the announcement was made. I had accepted it in good faith as a mark of respect to Senator Dickson, Mr Obi and Kwankwaso, all of whom I highly respect and to whom I could not say no,” he wrote.