Former Secretary to Government of the Federation and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has said that he was for Peter Obi of the Labour Party, expressing surprise that APC had not sacked him (Lawal).
He added that the 2023 presidential poll is a must-win for Peter Obi, given the current state of the country.
“The APC has not sacked me yet. I don’t know what they are waiting for.
“We want (Obi) to win this election and must win this election. If we lose this election, we’ll all migrate to Cameroon because of the shame and disgrace of failure to win. It is not about whether we have options, Peter Obi must win this election.
“Nigerians are yearning for change and people are determined that this time around the change that we have been yearning for will come.
“Fortunately, we have a competent person in Peter and his running mate. We need an arrowhead to drive this change and these two provide it.
“I am not interested in LP as a party. I am interested in Peter Obi as a potential presidential candidate. It doesn’t matter which party Peter Obi is, I sense that Nigerians are due for change.
“They have been yearning for change; my own opinion is that Nigeria will vote for anybody as long as he is not part of the PDP or APC.”
The Convener, Engr. Isaac Balami stated that the interactive session is aimed at finding means of stirring the grassroots to mobilise them for Obi/Datti and ensuring their victory come February 25, 2023.
“Our meeting here is to meet on how to ensure victory for Obi/Datti,” he said. On December 2, Dogara and the Northern Leaders Consultative Forum (NLCF) endorsed Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the presidency.
The group said although NNPP and Labour Party (LP) are inclusive parties, they had not unveiled their plans to citizens to interrogate.
On his part, Lawal has since endorsed Peter Obi of the LP. “At the time, nobody ever mentioned any group called Northern Leaders Consultative Forum to us.
“With the benefit of hindsight, we noticed some elements of insincerity in their activities. It appears they came to NNPP on a window shopping, desperately searching for a refuge.
“For Yakubu Dogara and his co-travellers to turn round and accuse our party and our presidential candidate, his excellency, senator Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of not laying before Nigerians their action plan 90 days to elections, clearly showed that the group was working to predetermined answer.
“You are all living witnesses when the whole world watched it live the day senator Dr. Rabiu, on November 13, 2022 unveiled his blueprint, the RMK 2023 blueprint, appropriately captioned ‘My Pledges To You’.
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