A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a haven for EFCC fugitives.
Lawal, who now serves as the National Vice Chairman of the opposition African Democratic Congress, made the statement during a party stakeholders’ meeting in Yola, Adamawa State.
He used the occasion to declare that both the APC and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party would be defeated in the 2027 general elections.
“It is my belief that more patriots will soon join us even as the PDP self-destructs and the APC becomes a haven for EFCC fugitives,” he said.
He further accused the APC of being “delusional,” and claimed its only mantra was to “write election results even before elections begin.”
“This is pure delusion because it will not happen. Nigerians will back us to frustrate any criminal manipulation of the 2027 election results,” he asserted.
Despite welcoming new members, Lawal issued a strong warning about the influx of politicians from other parties. He stated that not every defector would be accepted into the ADC, “lest they corrupt our ideals with attitudes imbibed from their corrupt, undemocratic home parties.”
He positioned the ADC as “a party of visionaries and patriots who are fed up with the direction of the country under the leadership of PDP and APC.”
“Every patriotic Nigerian now understands that our country has reached the edge of a cliff. The ADC offers Nigerians an opportunity to make a U-turn, recalibrate, and redirect our governance toward a progressive, people-centric system,” Lawal stated.
The former minister also turned his criticism to the Adamawa State Government, claiming that in over six years of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s administration, there were “no people-oriented projects.”
“All we get from over six years of PDP governance is a couple of flyovers carrying scanty traffic despite billions of naira accruing to the state. Sometimes, I wonder whether the money leaves Abuja for Yola at all,” he said.
He expressed confidence that the ADC was ready to produce the next governor of Adamawa State, saying: “We have many in our party who can govern us — and govern us well.”
The political realignment was also visible in Kogi State, where a former governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, Otunba Olayinka Braimoh, defected to the ADC on the same day.
Explaining his move, Braimoh said, “With the calibre of persons in this party, the ADC coalition is the platform under which I believe my vision of a new Kogi State can be actualised.”
He lamented the state of leadership in Kogi, stating, “Kogi State is below par in leadership performance, considering its potential and intellectual assets. It’s been a case of the worst leading the rest of us, while the best of us have not had the opportunity to lead.”
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