The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is gaining support in “unexpected areas.”
He spoke on Friday during an interview with Channels Television.
Lawal said the LP’s growing popularity will shock critics like Kaduna Governor El-Rufai who labelled Obi a Nollywood actor who will be thoroughly flogged at the polls.
In July 2022, the former SGF rejected the choice of Kashim Shettima as running mate to Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Lawal was initially at the forefront of the campaign for Tinubu before the choice of Shettima as APC vice-presidential candidate.
In November 2022, Lawal endorsed Obi, saying the former Anambra governor’s candidacy is evidence of the genuine clamour for power shift.
Speaking on the chances of Obi in the general election, Lawal said the LP candidate will get more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the majority of the states in northern Nigeria.
“On the side of the Labour Party, what has changed is that areas where we had not expected the Labour Party to do well; they are galloping through,” he said.