The former SGF warned that if Atiku gets his way, it will reflect ethnic dominance by one ethnic group over another.
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Atiku Abubakar, would be the worst type of Muslim-Muslim ticket.
He claimed that it amounted to a transfer of power from one Muslim Fulani president to another Muslim Fulani ruler.
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The former SGF warned that if Atiku gets his way, it will reflect ethnic dominance by one ethnic group over another.
Babachir Lawal stated this in a statement released on Monday in Abuja, clarifying that he would never back former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s aspiration.
Lawal underlined his commitment to bringing the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, to fruition in the 2023 general elections.
The former SGF, who was angered by the circulating rumor that he had abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku, refuted the report. He stressed, however, that he would not back any Fulani who may destroy Nigeria’s unity due to religion or race.
The statement partly reads; “I have just seen a trending news that I have abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku Abubakar.
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“There is nothing far from the truth as this. I have never contemplated joining PDP since its formation as I view the PDP as the worst form of a collection of oligarchs and reactionaries.
“Besides, I find myself every year battling Fulani herdsmen determined to have their animals invade my farms and eat up my crops every year. This is aside from their determination to take over the ancestral farmlands of my kinsmen as they do everywhere in the North. All these they do in a cavalier manner while their elite kinsmen dominant in the government keep mute.
“Moreover, I view a transition of government from one Muslim Fulani President to another as the worst form of Muslim-Muslim ticket. It also represents ethnic domination by one ethnic group over others. I remain a Peter Obi diehard. Any news to the contrary is fake news,” he added.
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