By David Orji

The All Progressive Congress on Tuesday has described as a burden unto himself former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, saying his recent comments on the victory of President Bola Tinubu amounted to mere “Incoherent Aspersions.”

The party said after what it called “a long hiatus leaking his wounds from the monumental electoral loss of his candidate in the last presidential election,” Lawal was peddling what it called “gibberish.”

APC said the former SGF should have learnt from his political misadventure with equanimity.

The party was responding to Lawal’s last comment where he said Tinubu lost the February 2023 presidential election to the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi.

“Clearly, the defeat of his principal, Peter Obi, at the poll has done incalculable damage to Mr. Lawal’s psyche and his capacity for rational thought as evident in his analysis based entirely on the figment of his warped imagination rather than on hard facts and figures,” APC said in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

The party said a clear sign of his disconnect from reality was his reference to election held in May 2023, rather than February.

“We challenge Babachir Lawal to give a detailed breakdown of his so-called “aggregated facts sourced from independent sources,” which he claimed proved that Obi won the election or forever keep mute.

“That he did not provide these facts to help Obi prove his case before the Presidential Elections Petitions Court is a massive disservice if not a betrayal of his political principal.

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“Babachir Lawal ought to have known that running a jaundiced commentary on a matter before the Supreme Court is the height of irresponsibility,” APC said.

It added that the former SGF is still nursing what it called “bitterness and vindictiveness” over his failed dream of running on a joint ticket with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Indeed, Babachir Lawal is in dire need of professional counseling and deserves our collective pity. It is obvious he may never get over the pain of being tossed into the dustbin of political ignominy by President Bola Tinubu who, against all odds, defeated Mr. Peter Obi that exploited our religious and ethnic fault lines in his campaign for the nation’s highest office.

“Thankfully, Nigerians across all ethnic and religious divides, saw through Babachir Lawal’s and Peter Obi’s shenanigans and voted for the best candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“Furthermore, it is very uncharitable for Mr. Babachir Lawal to call to question the professional competence of President Tinubu’s appointees, some of whom he cannot hold a candle to their political and professional accomplishments. Babachir Lawal is one lightweight politician who thinks himself a heavyweight.

“He failed spectacularly as a politician in his State of Adamawa where in three election circles he could not deliver his ward and local government in his Hong Local Government.

Despite his legendary failure as a politician, former President Muhammadu Buhari in deference to diversity appointed him to the high office of SGF where he was unceremoniously sacked on account of very poor performance and dishonourable conduct.” The party said.