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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted former Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Babachir Lawal, over alleged divisive and ethnically charged rhetoric in his public commentary.
Atiku, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, yesterday, said the former SGF had repeatedly attempted to portray an entire ethnic group as inherently linked to criminality.
According to him, Lawal in his commentary, allegedly failed to present a single evidence to support his grave allegations, choosing instead to invite Nigerians to substitute suspicion for proof and emotion for facts.
The former SGF had, in a social media post, last week, alleged that the African Democratic Congress ( ADC) presidential primary was manipulated in favour of Atiku. In another post at the weekend, he implored the opposition party to substitute the former Vice President as its candidate in the 2027 presidential contest.
However, Atiku noted that “what makes Mr. Lawal’s latest outburst even more baffling is that on the very same day he issued his lengthy attack on Atiku, he was granting media interviews boasting about his political relevance and claiming that no fewer than five governors wanted him back in the APC.
