Losing Will Be No Big Deal For Tinubu – Former SGF Babachir

BY EDMOND ODOK – Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Babachir Lawal says losing at the presidential primaries will be no big deal for the Party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He said if the unexpected happens on the day, the former Lagos State governor and leading aspirant for the APC presidential ticket would just go home without qualms

Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday shortly after the Tinubu Support Group (TSG) submitted their principal’s presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms, the former SGF said even though Tinubu is in the race to win, he remains a democrat and would not upset the applecart if things do not go as planned.

According to Babachir Lawal; “We feel elated that today we have come to submit the winning form and we have complied with one of the major requirements of the party for contesting for the presidency on the platform of APC. We have done all that is required we have submitted all the required documents.

“As you can see, we have received our acknowledgment copy and we are confident victory will be ours come 30th May during the convention. We are democrats and we believe that if there are one million contestants on the platform of APC we will carry the majority of the delegates at the convention. So, the more the merrier, they are all welcome. We are 100 per cent prepared.”

Admitting that “There are no challenges” ahead of the primary election, the former SGF however said; “We are politicians, we have been in this game for many years. Whatever challenges there are, we have already converted them into opportunities. Asiwaju is a democrat. Every politician should not be afraid of the election because the probabilities are two: either you win or lose.

“So, if we lose at the convention we go back home, we lick our wounds and prepare to support the winner if he emerges in a free and fair manner.”

The nomination forms were submitted by the TSG delegation led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, former SGF, Babachir Lawal, and the member, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke among others

The TSG had on Thursday, April 29, 2022, picked the forms on behalf of their aspirant at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja after he personally paid for them to participate in the May 30, 2022, APC presidential primary.