Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that several governors and senior figures within the All Progressives Congress (APC) are quietly supporting the opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on TVC’s Beyond the Headlines on Wednesday, Lawal revealed that despite remaining silent publicly, many APC members share the coalition’s goal of unseating the current administration.
“Yes, there are APC members working with the coalition. Some might not be bold enough to say it the way I have, but there are very many some even tell me, including governors,” he said.
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Lawal, who resigned from the APC on June 29, said he had long been disillusioned with the party, accusing it of suppressing internal dialogue and dissent.
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“The APC has never been united. It’s a party bullied into silence… Even advice is taken as anti-party,” he said.
He also criticized President Tinubu’s style of leadership, stating, “A lot of us have been disappointed in the way he has chosen to run his government or allow others to run it.”
Addressing defections into the APC, Lawal said many governors were switching allegiance only to secure their political future. “The governors are moving, but nobody is moving with them; the people are not.”
On the coalition’s structure, he clarified that it’s not built around any one person. “The coalition is not about Atiku. Before we started, we told everyone to lock their ambitions in a cupboard. No one person can defeat an incumbent government.”
Lawal concluded by referencing former Rivers governor, saying, “Wike is our leader in this type of politics staying in one party but working for another.”
