2027 Election: Babachir Lawal Says Parameters for Choosing Candidate Have Changed
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal says he is unsure whether he will back Labour Party’s Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election, noting that political realities have shifted since 2023.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Lawal said, “They say a day in politics is long. Things have changed. The parameters we used to evaluate our candidate in 2023 will be different this time. Things have moved on, so we’ll see when we get there. We’ll see how it goes.”
Lawal, who supported Obi during the 2023 polls and still maintains that the former Anambra governor was the “true winner” of that election, stressed that the coming vote would require fresh considerations.
On the northern political strategy, Lawal disclosed that a coalition of influential politicians outside government had formed the Nigerian People’s Consultative Political Forum (North) to address regional disunity.
“We call this the Nigerian People’s Consultative Political Forum, North, in which almost every significant northern politician who is not in government attends our meetings,” he said.
He added, “We agreed that we must vote as a bloc. If we don’t vote as a bloc, we will not be able to achieve our goals… whether the person is a northerner or a southerner, even if he’s from heaven.”
Lawal noted that the group views the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a solid political platform to pursue its agenda, while naming Rotimi Amaechi, Atiku Abubakar, and Obi among notable national figures in the political sphere.
