Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has revealed that the coalition of opposition politicians will back whoever emerges the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (APC) in the 2027 election.
Naijaonpoint recalls that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who are members of the coalition, have indicated interest in the ADC presidential ticket.
Speaking in an interview with newsmen shortly after the 3rd expanded meeting of the National Political Consultative Group (North), Lawal said the ADC will conduct primaries to elect it’s representatives at the 2027 general election.
He said, “The ADC as a political party is a party that is founded on democratic principles. We are going to conduct congresses and conventions to elect our representatives at the election.
“And whoever emerges—be it North, South, Central, West—whoever emerges at either the congresses or at the convention, ADC will support it, and the Northern Political Consultative Group will support that decision.”
Continuing, the former AGF said, “No one in ADC leadership or rank and file believes that votes do not count. Votes do count. And we are going to make sure that votes do count. This election, votes will count.
“I tell you, forget about this fear that votes will not count. ADC is a party of Nigerians. ADC is one. Whatever techniques, whatever malicious activity they throw at us, we’ll counter it effectively. We will counter and defeat them at it.”
He stated that the ADC is committed to forming a government that has the interest of the North at heart, and which will address the challenges facing the North.
“As it is, we are of the opinion that this government has no interest in solving problems confronting the North—be it infrastructure, be it peace, be it security. So we have to take the ball in our hands and work towards achieving solutions to our problems,” he added.