Babachir Lawal angry Tinubu didn’t choose him as VP – Wike

Former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has claimed that former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, was very angry that he was not picked by President Bola Tinubu as his vice president.

Wike, speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday, further claimed that Lawal visited him in Port Harcourt while he was governor of Rivers State to express his annoyance.

Recall that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, had recently hit out at Lawal over his criticism of Tinubu.

The party said the ex-SGF is attacking Tinubu because he (Babachir) wanted to be vice president, but Tinubu went for a better, more qualified, and more refined candidate.

This came after Lawal claimed that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, actually won the election.

He said that based on the facts available to him, Obi won the election that produced Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th president.

In response, the APC described Babachir as the latest political content creator cum soothsayer who is gasping for political oxygen.

Wike has backed the claim by the APC, adding, “After President Tinubu chose Shettima as his VP, Babachir Lawal visited me in my home in Port Harcourt.

“He was angry because he thought the president would choose him as his VP.”

Babachir Lawal angry Tinubu didn’t choose him as VP – Wike