Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has announced his exit from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing the party’s recent primary elections of being heavily manipulated in favour of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
According to Tribune Online, Lawal said in a statement released on Monday that he was leaving the party because he believed the just-concluded primaries were compromised at multiple levels. He alleged that the outcomes were predetermined and manipulated to favour Atiku’s camp.
He also claimed that internal processes were altered, with results overturned in some cases to install preferred candidates.
He described the situation within the party as deeply troubling, saying he could not remain in an environment he believes endorses unfair political practices.
According to him, staying in the ADC would amount to being part of a structure that could support similar tactics in the lead-up to the 2027 general elections.
Lawal further argued that his conscience and political convictions no longer aligned with the direction of the party, insisting that he joined the ADC with the hope of contributing to national progress rather than what he sees as internal dysfunction and declining standards of internal democracy.
The former SGF said he would now review his political direction and engage with like-minded individuals on the way forward.
He added that he intends to focus on personal activities, including farming in his home community, while continuing to observe political developments ahead of the next general elections.
The statement partly reads, “I am exiting the ADC because its just concluded primaries were at all levels massively rigged in favour Kachalla Abubakar Atiku. I sense a conspiracy of silence of which i want no part of Most members of the party are behaving as if this is the normal thing to do. Results were just written or rewritten to favour him and his coven. Even where they allowed some semblance of election to hold, the winners were simply replaced with members of his syndicate. In the real sense it was a disgraceful charade.
“I am doing so because I do not intend to be part of Kachalla Atiku’s rigging machine in the 2027 general elections and I cannot avoid doing so if I remain in the party. The man and his cabal are just irredentist Fulani and religious hegemonists. For me, working for Kachalla Atiku means giving Tinubu an automatic ticket to a second term which gives me nightmares. I believe Tinubu might, comparatively speaking, end up a better Nigerian president than Kachalla Atiku could ever be (as bad as Tinubu currently is and possibly could ever be).”
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