Nigeria: Babachir Lawal quits ADC, alleges presidential primaries were rigged for Atiku — Africa Links 24

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has resigned his membership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, alleging that the party’s recently concluded primaries were manipulated in favour of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his political allies.

Mr Lawal announced his resignation in a statement issued on Monday, in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the party’s primary elections, describing the process as neither…