‘He spoke for himself’ – Northern APC Christians react to Babachir Lawal’s endorsement of Peter Obi
A group known as Northern Christians of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from a state by their chairman Babachir Lawal who endorsed Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi for president.
Obi is one of the top three candidates vying for the office of the president of Nigeria in the February 2023 election.
The group had earlier expressed reservations over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC, and said it would adopt a consensus candidate.
In a statement on Thursday, Lawal had said the group has agreed to endorse Obi.
But in a swift reaction, eight members of the group released a statement saying Lawal spoke for himself, adding that a collective decision would be announced soon.
“We want to draw the attention of the general public to the recent position canvassed by our Chairman, Engr B D Lawal, as the position of our Group,” the statement reads.
“We wish to state that necessary consultations have been concluded, and based on manifestly unassailable empirical data, the group is poised to adopt a position which will be made known to the public at an interfaith event to be held very soon.
“Suffice to say that no one in the group including the Chairman has been mandated to speak to the public about our position at this material time.
“Based on our modus operandi, our position was meant to be presented to the general public at the event above referred to. That has not changed.
“Consequently, the decision to endorse a particular candidate and the statement credited to the chairman are solely the decision and views of the Chairman which he is absolutely entitled to but not that of the group.
“We hope this statement clears all the querries most of us have been inundated with on this all important subject matter.”
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