{"id":375096,"date":"2025-07-10T01:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/apc-governors-party-leaders-secretly-backing-coalition-babachir-lawal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T01:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:39:30","slug":"apc-governors-party-leaders-secretly-backing-coalition-babachir-lawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/10\/apc-governors-party-leaders-secretly-backing-coalition-babachir-lawal\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Governors, Party Leaders Secretly Backing Coalition \u2013 Babachir Lawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TVC\u2019s Beyond the Headlines on Wednesday, Lawal revealed that despite remaining silent publicly, many APC members share the coalition\u2019s goal of unseating the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:https:\/\/www.informationng.com\/2025\/07\/despite-resignation-as-apc-chair-over-illhealth-fg-unveils-ganduje-as-faan-board-chair.html<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC has never been united. It\u2019s a party bullied into silence\u2026 Even advice is taken as anti-party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized President Tinubu\u2019s style of leadership, stating, \u201cA lot of us have been disappointed in the way he has chosen to run his government or allow others to run it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing defections into the APC, Lawal said many governors were switching allegiance only to secure their political future. \u201cThe governors are moving, but nobody is moving with them; the people are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the coalition\u2019s structure, he clarified that it\u2019s not built around any one person. \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawal concluded by referencing former Rivers governor, saying, \u201cWike is our leader in this type of politics staying in one party but working for another.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-infor-trackid=\"966303\" data-infor-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-3967761680\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751998026_633_300x250@2x.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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