365news gathered that Babachir Lawal, a former secretary to the government of the federation of Nigeria, or SGF, has sworn to back Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate, in the next election in February.
All Progressives Congress (APC) member Lawal outlined why he would vote Atiku rather than the same-faith ticket.
The former SGF emphasized in a BBC interview that the same-faith ticket will prevent the APC from winning the 2023 presidential election.
Lawal emphasized that while he and his supporters are APC members, they will not support Tinubu’s campaign for president.
Additionally, the former SGF admitted that the Labour Party, LP, sought to persuade him and his supporters to join the party.
According to Lawal: “I am not for Bola Tinubu now. I am not for a Muslim-Muslim ticket. It is Bola who did not want to go with us, he chose where he wanted to go, and we told him that we will not vote for him if he did a Muslim-Muslim ticket. PDP discussed with us, and they agreed to do what we want if we support them and we agreed to support them. You see the problem of the northerners, if you say you are a Christian, it is difficult for us to get a job.”
