Politics

Tinubu to Lawal: I’m heading for landslide victory in 2023

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has lashed out at the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, for saying he won’t win the 2023 presidential election.

Lawal, who recently endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, had said Tinubu “is relying on people that are unreliable. He will not get 25 per cent in all the Hausa-Fulani states.

“Now that he has sidelined the Christians, he will lose Adamawa, Benue, etc. He can’t even count on the Yoruba votes.”

Tinubu, while reacting via a statement issued on Monday by the Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, described Lawal’s position as “mere conjectures”.

Onanuga added that Tinubu would emerge the winner of the 2023 presidential election, saying: “Mere conjectures, very laughable projections. Asiwaju has never been on the ballot and lost any election.

“With 22 states under APC control, with incumbent President’s backing, with our hard work on the campaign trail, and with the support of Almighty God, Asiwaju is heading for a landslide next February.

“Let Babachir deal first with the division in his renegade group, instead of pontificating on the outcome of the election.

“This man, who is amplifying our religious difference with his gang, is from Hong LGA in Adamawa State. He could not make Buhari to win the council in 2019 election, even though we had a Christian with the Buhari ticket.”

The Star