[BREAKING] 2027 Election: “Why Buhari’s Endorsement Not Needed to Defeat Tinubu,” Babachir Lawal Speaks
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, said those struggling to curry the favour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, including loyalists of President Bola Tinubu and some chieftains of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), are “busy chasing shadows.”
Legit.ng reported that Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s group recently announced the endorsement of Tinubu’s second term bid as they ruled out the defection rumour of the CPC bloc, which was led by the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting, Lawal insisted that every genuine CPC chieftain who has the interest of the Talakawas—the poor and vulnerable—at heart, will stop at nothing to “kick out any government that brings pain and impoverishment to the people like the Tinubu administration” in 2027.
“Now if you are an original CPC person, it will pain you. It will push you into action involuntarily to change this type of system that is out to destroy and marginalise the underprivileged in society. That is what Buhari stands for. That is who we are and what we learned from him,” Lawal said.
Also, Legit.ng reported that Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria and Nasir El-Rufai, the former Kaduna governor’s coalition talks to sack President Tinubu in 2027 may be approaching failure.
This is because the major opposition parties, including the PDP, NNPP and the SDP, announced different routes to take over power in the 2027 election.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Punch on Tuesday, April 22, Lawal kicked against such insinuation that Buhari had given the coalition his blessing, as claimed by former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai claimed.
He said:
“First of all, we don’t need his (Buhari) blessing. We only needed to tell him what we wanted to do because we were adults. It is also not like we will go and tell Buhari to follow us. Of course, we are mature and intelligent people.
“Even if Buhari says, hey, gentlemen, I will join you. It is our responsibility to say, No, Oga please keep off. You are too big for us. We don’t want to involve you. You are part of this government. Please remain there until you are fed up.”
Lawal, a founding member of the defunct CPC and former ally of Tinubu, is a key stakeholder in the ongoing coalition involving Atiku, Obi and El-Rufai.
He insisted that the opposition alliance and the planned merger of parties were already sealed.
“We understand ‘these people’ and the APC governors went to greet him on Sallah. I was not there when they were talking but we eventually found out what they went there to say. And, of course, we know how to handle it.”
Atiku or Tinubu: “Who will north or Buhari support in 2027?”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Atiku Abubakar, El-Rufai and other opposition figures’ recent visit to Muhammadu Buhari has stirred fresh speculation about northern leaders early moves against the ruling APC.
Ahead of the 2027 election, analysts have shared their opinions about Buhari’s influence even as the APC chairman Abdullahi Ganduje affirmed that Atiku’s moves would fail.
