Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal declared on Monday that he will not support Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's nominee for president in the 2023 election.
He claimed that because it would result in the transfer of power from one Muslim Fulani President to another, Atiku's aspirations would not succeed.
In reaction to rumours that he had moved from supporting Peter Obi of the Labour Party to Atiku, Lawal made this declaration.
He declared, "I remain a Peter Obi diehard," and added that if Atiku got his way, it would be evidence of one ethnic group ruling over another.
Lawal reaffirmed his faith in Obi in a public statement.
The statement read in part, “I have just seen trending news that I have abandoned Peter Obi to work for Atiku Abubakar. There is nothing far from the truth as this. I have never contemplated joining the PDP since its formation, as I view the PDP as the worst form of a collection of oligarchs and reactionaries.
“Besides, I find myself every year battling Fulani herdsmen determined to have their animals invade my farms and eat up my crops every year.
“This is aside from their determination to take over the ancestral farmlands of my kinsmen as they do everywhere in the North. All these they do in a cavalier manner while their elite kinsmen dominant in the government keep mute.
“Moreover, I view a government transition from one Muslim Fulani President to another as the worst form of Muslim-Muslim ticket. It also represents ethnic domination by one ethnic group over others. I remain a Peter Obi diehard. Any news to the contrary is fake news.”