Babachir Lawal orchestrated religious crisis in North – Atiku’s ally

Oladimeji Fabiyi, an ally of African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, of being responsible for religious crisis in the North.

Fabiyi made this allegation on Wednesday in an interview on Trust TV.

He was reacting to Lawal’s claim that the presidential primary election of the ADC was rigged to favour Atiku.

Lawal, who announced that he has left the ADC, also said Atiku was not fit to be President.

“Babachir Lawal lacks integrity. He is a leader and elder in Adamawa State and in the North, but sincerely speaking, he’s not acting like one.

“Today, I’m going to take you back memory lane, what this man did, so that Nigerians can know and see who he really is.

“If I’m wrong, he can come out and challenge me. In the 1980s, the likes of Babachir Lawal orchestrated one of the most heinous religious crises in the north.

“I want Nigerians to know more about this man. When a man lacks integrity, you look at his antecedents.

“Now he came out and was accusing Atiku of being a Fulani man. So, when Atiku was setting up the coalition, bringing everyone, doesn’t he know that Atiku was a Fulani man? These are the question we need to be to be asking him,” Fabiyi said.