A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has esigned from the African Democratic Congress(ADC) following Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as the party’s presidential candidate.
Lawal said Bola Tinubu would be a better president than the former vice president.
He noted that the ADC presidential primary results were written to favour Atiku and insisted he won’t be part of the former vice president’s rigging machine in the 2027 presidential election.
According to him, Atiku is incompetent and a tribal, religious bigot who shouldn’t come close to the presidential office.
“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. Most members of the party are behaving as if this is the normal thing to do,” Lawal said.
The former SGF in his resignation statement, titled The Kachalla Series Part 1, declared that he had no intention of being part of what he called “Kachalla Atiku’s rigging machine” ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He accused Atiku and his inner circle of being “irredentist Fulani and religious hegemonists.”
Lawal argued that supporting the former vice president would hand President Bola Tinubu an automatic second term.
“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… The choice in 2027 it seems will be a Morton’s fork,” he stated.
Lawal expressed deep reservations about Atiku’s personal life and political baggage.
He argued that the North, already grappling with severe poverty and insecurity under the current administration, should have prioritised competent leadership over regional and religious sentiments.
“Alas, a leopard cannot change its spots. The North, it seems, is perpetually doomed to self-harm,” Lawal lamented.
He announced plans to retire temporarily to his village farm while consulting with like-minded colleagues on strategies to prevent Atiku from contesting the presidency.
Lawal predicted that Tinubu’s “ruthless and superior rigging machine” would ultimately overpower Atiku’s camp.
Lawal’s bombshell departure comes as opposition parties intensify efforts to form a formidable coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 polls.
His exit highlights growing fissures within the ADC and raises fresh questions about the integrity of the party’s internal democratic processes.
The ADC and Atiku Abubakar’s camp are yet to issue official responses to Lawal’s allegations.
