A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has revealed why he will never support the People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Lawal revealed on Monday that he battles with Fulani herdsmen every year after their animals invade his farms and eat up his crops.
He also claimed that Atiku’s presidential ambition would not fly because it will amount to the transition of government from one Muslim Fulani president to another Muslim Fulani president and would be the worst form of Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The reaction of the former SGF was provoked by trending news that he had abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku.
In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, Lawal dismissed the news insisting that he would not support any Fulani person that may undermine Nigeria’s unity through religion or ethnicity.
The statement reads in part “I have just seen trending news that I have abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku Abubakar.
“There is nothing as far from the truth as this. I have never contemplated joining PDP since its formation as I view the PDP as the worst form of a collection of oligarchs and reactionaries.
“Besides, I find myself every year battling Fulani herdsmen determined to have their animals invade my farms and eat up my crops every year. This is aside from their determination to take over the ancestral farmlands of my kinsmen as they do everywhere in the North. All these they do in a cavalier manner while their elite kinsmen dominant in the government keep mute.
“Moreover, I view a transition of government from one Muslim Fulani President to another as the worst form of Muslim-Muslim ticket. It also represents ethnic domination by one ethnic group over others. I remain a Peter Obi diehard. Any news to the contrary is fake news.”
