*House majority leader threatens constituents over election
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has said that given the current state of things in Nigeria, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi must win the upcoming presidential election.
Babachir Lawal, Image:Daily Post
Speaking in Abuja on Monday, at an interactive session with Obi and LP stakeholders from the North East, Lawal said if Obi fails to win the 2023 presidential election, they may all have to relocate to Cameroon out of shame, Daily Post reports.
“We want (Obi) to win this election and must win this election. If we lose this election, we’ll all migrate to Cameroon because of the shame and disgrace of failure to win,” he said.
Lawal wondered why his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, had not expelled him from its fold, given his opposition against Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.
Vote APC or we deal with you
In a separate development, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has threatened his constituents to either vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming election or be dealt with.
Ado-Doguwa is representing the Doguwa/Tudun-Wada Federal Constituency of Kano state and seeks to return to the House of Representatives for a seventh term.
Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, Image:Daily Post
The Daily Nigerian on Monday claimed that it had a video showing Doguwa making the threat at a political rally in Kano.
Doguwa spoke mainly in Hausa in the video, and also used abusive language to threaten the prospective voters, the report said.
“To God who made me, on election day, you must vote for APC or we deal with you.
“I’m saying it again: on election day you either vote for APC, or we deal with you.
“Repeat after me, in Doguwa you either vote for APC or we deal with you,” the House majority leader said amid applause from the audience.
Shehu Sani reacts
Shehu Sani, Image:DailyvPost
Reacting to the development on Twitter, a former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani described Doguwa's alleged threat as unfortunate and a serious threat to peaceful elections.
He wrote: “The threat to deal with anyone who refuses to vote for the ruling APC in Kano is unfortunate and a serious threat to peaceful elections. I advise the ranking Honorable member involved, who is still a lawmaker for over two decades to withdraw this statement," Sani said.
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