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The presidency has slammed former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, over the remark “so-called president” to President Bola Tinubu, describing it as not only uncouth but a disgraceful denigration of the office he once served.
Naija News reports that Babachir, during an interview on Channels Television, claimed that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, won the 2023 presidential election.
Lawal stated that the facts available to him indicated that President Bola Tinubu did not win the election that brought him into office.
In response, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, in a statement via 𝕏, described Babachir’s claims as not only shocking but a barefaced lie.
Dare stated that Tinubu won the 2023 election fair and square and remains Nigeria’s duly elected President until 2027.
He said, “Your claim that Peter Obi “won” the 2023 elections is not only egregious but a barefaced lie. The people have spoken, the law has sanctioned it; the courts have ruled. On that matter, let all else remain silent. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the 2023 count fair and square and remains Nigeira’s duly elected President until 2027. For now, face forward.
“These televised outbursts do not earn you credibility they drain it. You are operating at a deficit in conduct and public perception, and every rant pushes you deeper.”
The presidential aide also countered Babachir’s claim that Tinubu had offended him and was full of himself.
According to him, Babachir is angry with Tinubu because of his vice presidential ambition, but the President ignored him for a more qualified and refined candidate.
He also added that Tinubu’s policies geared towards putting Nigeria’s economy back on track are also possible ways the President could have ‘offended’ Babachir.
He stated, “Now to your bizarre psychoanalysis: “The problem with Bola Tinubu is that he thinks I offended him… .He’s full of himself… because he thinks he’s the so-called President.” Wake up. Smell the coffee. Bola Tinubu is Nigeria’s indisputable elected President.
“And in what way exactly did President Tinubu “offend” you? Because you wanted to be vice president and President Tinubu went for a better, more qualified and more refined candidate. Importantly, if putting Nigeria’s economy back on track is an offense in your book, then yes, that’s the other possible way Tinubu could have “offended” you.
“Your choice of words “so-called president” is not only uncouth but a disgraceful denigration of the very office you once served as Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Have you forgotten the dignity that comes with that office?
“Your descent into playing ethnic politics exposes your narrow mindedness and the threat your likes can pose to national unity.”
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