Atiku is ‘opposition to opposition’, says Babachir Lawal as ex-SGF lambasts ADC again
Babachir Lawal
GABRIEL UDEH, KADUNA
Former SGF and ADC National Vice Chairman, North East, Babachir David Lawal, has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of causing disunity in the opposition over zoning, alleging that Atiku rigged the ADC presidential primaries in his favour.
Lawal said both he and Atiku are from Adamawa State, but “as far as I am concerned Atiku is an opposition to the opposition’s both in 2023 and now in 2027.”
He described Atiku as an “incompetent near-senile octogenarian,” citing former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assessment that Atiku has “a very poor sense of judgment when it comes to basic economy knowledge, governance and administration.”
Lawal said that poor judgment is why Atiku “keeps running and running for president at the wrong timing as if Aso Rock belongs to his father.”
Lawal claimed the ADC presidential primaries were “filled up with written results in favour of Atiku,” alleging that delegates submitted pre-written results from their homes.
He said he left Abuja for his farm in Adamawa before the “fraudulent results were announced” because he could not be part of “this nonsense.”
The ADC chieftain faulted Atiku for saying zoning is not constitutional “particularly when it is the turn of the South to rule,” while allegedly lobbying for zoning to the North when it suits him.
Lawal argued that Atiku is “the biggest beneficiary of zoning in Nigeria,” citing -his emergence as Obasanjo’s VP in 1999 because PDP zoned the slot to the North East.
“His 2007 ACN candidacy after Tinubu zoned the ticket North to contest against late President Yar’Adua. His 2019 PDP ticket because the party zoned to the North”, were products of zoning.
He therefore questioned the rationale why Atiku zoned the VP slot to Southern Nigeria for 2023 if zoning “does not matter for equity, justice and ethnic fairness.”
“If zoning does not matter for equity, justice and ethnic fairness amongst the ethnic groups, then why is Atiku not picking a Fulani northern Muslim as his running mate since he said ‘to-hell with zoning’ when it became the turn of the south?” Lawal asked.
“Please, someone should make it make sense!” he concluded.
