By Augustine Akhilomen
…Insists His Govt Has Made Majority Of Nigerians Hungry
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has disclosed that the coalition opposition doesn’t need the endorsement of former president, Muhammadu Buhari to defeat president Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
Babachir, 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.
In a chat with Punch, he insisted that the opposition alliance and the planned merger of parties were already sealed.
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.
“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.
“The primary aim is how to serve the disenfranchised, discriminated people in the society, which this government has taken as a religion to cause suffering and marginalisation. It is as if the sight of a poor person annoys them. So they want to starve them to death.
“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.