Former SGF Babachir Lawal Quits ADC, Says Tinubu Far Better Than Atiku Abubakar
By Trek Africa Newspaper
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, says President Bola Tinubu “might, comparatively speaking, end up a better Nigerian president than Atiku Abubakar could ever be.”
Babachir, who served as SGF from under late President Muhammadu Buhari, made the remark while announcing his exit from the African Democratic Congress.
In an article he personally posted on his Facebook page titled “The Kachalla Series Part 1”, monitored by Daily Correspondents, he cited the party’s just concluded primaries which he said were “massively rigged in favour of Kachalla Abubakar Atiku.”
“I am exiting the ADC because its just concluded primaries were at all levels massively rigged in favour of Kachalla Abubakar Atiku. I sense a conspiracy of silence of which I want no part of,” he wrote.
He alleged that “results were just written or rewritten to favour him and his coven” and that “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.”
According to Babachir, he is leaving 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.”
He described Atiku and his cabal as “just irredentist Fulani and religious hegemonists.”
It was from that point he made the Tinubu comparison: “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). The choice in 2027 it seems will be a Morton’s fork.”
Babachir said he did not join the ADC to make Nigeria progressively worse,noting that his beliefs and conscience won’t allow him partner with the evil that Atiku and his people represented.
“For, with close to 25 adult children, 6 wives (past and present, some offshore) and a heavily shrunk decapitated business empire, I foresee 25 Seyi Tinubus and 6 Remi Tinubus; a prospect that has been keeping me awake all night with worry. And who knows which Chagouri’s might be lurking around the corner waiting for an Atiku bazaar?,” he stated.
He concluded that “bye bye to this octogenarian presidential wannabe. It will be bye to the North for preferring a religious hegemonist over a competent world-renown economist and corporate guru.”
Babachir Lawal, born in Hong, Adamawa State, was suspended and later sacked as SGF in 2017 over allegations of misappropriating funds meant for IDPs in the North East. He was acquitted by a Federal High Court in Abuja in 2022 after the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie case.
Since leaving office, he has remained active in opposition politics.
