The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, says he was surprised the All Progressives Congress (APC) has not sacked him after he endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for the 2023 presidency.

Lawal, a chieftain of the APC, said this at an interactive session between Obi and north-eastern stakeholders in Abuja on Monday.

The former SGF, who leads a group of northern Christian politicians, recently endorsed Obi hinging his decision on the APC’s decision to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking on Monday, Lawal said: “I am in APC and a member of the Board of Trustees of the party, but I am doing the Peter Obi/Yusuf Datti movement.

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“The APC has not sacked me yet. I don’t know what they are waiting for.”

He stated that Obi must win the next year’s presidential election, adding: “If we lose this election, we’ll all migrate to Cameroon because of the shame and disgrace of failure to win. It is not about whether we have options, Peter Obi must win this election.

“Nigerians are yearning for change and people are determined that this time around the change that we have been yearning for will come.

“Fortunately, we have a competent person in Peter and his running mate. We need an arrowhead to drive this change and these two provide it.

“I am not interested in LP as a party. I am interested in Peter Obi as a potential presidential candidate. It doesn’t matter which party Peter Obi is, I sense that Nigerians are due for change.

“They have been yearning for change; my own opinion is that Nigeria will vote for anybody as long as he is not part of the PDP or APC,” the former SGF said.

The Star