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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said he has ruled out supporting both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Lawal made the disclosure while speaking during a television interview on Tuesday, where he also renewed his criticism of the ADC presidential primary that produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate.
The former SGF alleged that the exercise was manipulated and maintained that the outcome announced by the party did not reflect the actual votes recorded in some areas.
According to him, documents in his possession show significant differences between results obtained at the local government level and those eventually presented at the party’s national collation centre in Abuja.
“First of all, it was rigged,” Lawal said.
He claimed that in one local government result sheet available to him, businessman and presidential aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen scored
