Tinubu will win by landslide in 2027, he will out-rig everybody – Babachair Lawal

Babachir Lawal, a former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says President Bola Tinubu would be difficult to defeat in the 2027 elections if “the parameter for winning is rigging.”

Lawal spoke on Monday during an appearance on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme.

Asked whether he believed Tinubu had already won the 2027 presidential poll, Lawal alleged that the president would rig-out other candidates in the election.

“Landslide. He will out-rig everybody,” he said.

“If the parameter for winning the election in Nigeria is rigging, nobody can face Bola Tinubu in this.”

Lawal also took a swipe at Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

“If Atiku’s strength is in manipulating results, I wish him luck. He will meet the master rigger in the front. And then we are all the worse for it,” he said.

“That’s our choice. Maybe that’s how Nigerians want their things. I don’t want to be part of anything.”

During the interview, Lawal was also asked why he often refers to Atiku as “Kachalla”.

“That is the title people like (Turji Bello) are calling their local leaders,” he said.

When asked whether he was comparing Atiku to a bandit leader or terrorist, Lawal responded by linking the term to Fulani communities.

“His people, in the bush, they call their leaders Kachalla. Is he not a Fulani man? ” he said.

Asked whether such a description was fair, Lawal questioned the reaction of some Fulani groups to Atiku’s emergence as the ADC presidential candidate.

“Fulanis are celebrating now that their brother has gotten the ticket,” he said.

“Isn’t it? And they are beginning to celebrate that they will produce the president. Why are they celebrating? Have you ever heard Atiku condemn all these kidnappings, massive killings?”