BREAKING: Former Atiku ally, Babachir Lawal defects to NDC

Former Secretary General of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, connected Tuesday.

His defection followed his gathering contiguous with NDC National Leader Senator Seriake Dickson astatine the senator’s Abuja residence. 

Lawal, who resigned from the ADC connected June 1 implicit the emergence of Atiku arsenic the party’s statesmanlike candidate, had antecedently said helium would enactment the Obi-Kwankwaso summons if helium comes backmost from his sabbatical. 

The erstwhile SGF besides supported Peter Obi erstwhile helium ran nether the LP successful the 2023 statesmanlike election.

Speaking aft helium was received into the absorption party, the erstwhile SGF said, “Anybody successful Nigeria who has the involvement of our state astatine bosom and sympathy for the suffering that is ongoing successful our country, on with insecurity, hunger, ignorance and disease, volition person nary prime but to articulation a enactment that represents the aboriginal and person Peter and Kwankwaso arsenic their candidates.