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I Will Continue To support Peter Obi – Babachir Lawal.

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Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, stated on Monday that he supports the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and will not support the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 election.

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In a statement, Lawal emphasized his commitment to realizing the LP candidate’s ambition in 2023.

According to Lawal, Atiku’s ambition would not fly since it would amount to a government transfer from one Muslim Fulani president to another Muslim Fulani president, which he described as “the worst sort of Muslim-Muslim ticket.”
The former SGF was responding to reports that he had abandoned Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in order to work for Atiku.

As a result, he cautioned that Atiku’s election would reflect ethnic dominance by one ethnic group over another, saying, “I remain a Peter Obi diehard.”


While denying the news, the former SGF stated that he would not back any Fulani individual who would harm Nigeria’s unity due to religion or race.

“I have just witnessed a trending report claiming I have abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku Abubakar,” the statement says.
This could not be further from the truth.
I have never considered joining the PDP since its inception because I believe it has the worst leadership.
“Also, every year, I find myself facing Fulani herdsmen who are desperate to have their animals invade my lands and eat away my crops.”
This is in addition to their ambition to seize my kinmem’s ancient farmlands, as they do throughout the North. All of this they do casually, while their elite kinsmen who dominate the government remain silent.

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“You Were Not Arrested For Criticising Jonathan — Sowore Fires Back At Adekunle Gold”.

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Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has criticised singer Adekunle Gold over the legal case involving a young man identified as Adeboye Samuel.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

News reports that Adeboye was taken to court after making a social media post about the singer’s daughter.

Reacting to the development, Sowore referenced an old post by Adekunle Gold in which the singer had criticised former President Goodluck Jonathan.

He noted that the post, which circulated during the 2012 fuel subsidy protests, had gone unpunished as an expression of free speech. The post read: “Dear God, if you give us Dagrin back, we will give you Jonathan in return.”

Sowore wrote on X: “@AdekunleGold in 2012 openly criticising then-President @GoodluckJonathan. Back then, it was rightly called free speech, and if he had been arrested for those tweets, we would have been on the streets demanding his immediate release.

“How then does someone who benefited from freedom of expression turn around years later to use the police, courts, and the brutal cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians over online banter and social media exchanges?

“You cannot enjoy free speech when you are powerless, and criminalise it the moment you become influential. Freedom of expression must apply to everyone, celebrities, politicians, activists, and poor young Nigerians on social media alike.”

He further urged the Nigeria Police Force not to act as a “private army” for influential individuals, and called on the judiciary to avoid imposing excessive penalties on online speech cases that, according to him, should not be treated as criminal matters.

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“Peter Obi Is Very Popular In South, North — Kwankwaso Sparks Political Debate”.

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Rabiu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Nigerians to move beyond ethnic and religious divisions ahead of the 2027 general elections.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Kwankwaso made the appeal during an interview with Trust TV on Sunday, where he spoke on political alignments ahead of the polls.

The former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) said political success in Nigeria cannot be achieved by the North or Muslims alone without support from Christians and other regions.

“We must look beyond tribe and religion. We are Northerners and Muslims, and everybody knows that, but we can’t play politics without Christians, Southeast, South-South or South-west,” he said.

Kwankwaso also praised former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, describing him as a widely accepted politician across the country.

“If you look at it, Peter Obi is a very popular politician in the entire South and many parts of Northern Nigeria, and you cannot take that from him, the same with the Kwankwasiyya movement,” he said.

He further noted that supporters of the Kwankwasiyya movement are largely young Nigerians who are seeking better opportunities rather than ethnic or family-based loyalty.

“We are lucky that our supporters are mainly young men and women who are looking for a way out. They are not looking for their brothers or their sisters or somebody close,” he added.

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“Wigwe’s Death Nearly Crashed Bayelsa’s 24-Hour Power Project — Diri Reveals”.

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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has revealed that the death of Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, in 2024 nearly derailed the state’s gas-powered electricity project.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

 

 

 

 

 

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