The Presidency has mocked the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, over the exit of Babachir Lawal from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, alleging rigging of primary in favour of Atiku.
President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, mocked Atiku, suggesting he would retire to Dubai.
Former SGF Babachir David Lawal resigned from the ADC, accusing the party of rigging its presidential primary in favor of ex-Vice President Abubakar.
Describing the process as a “disgraceful charade,” Lawal said he would not be part of Atiku’s “rigging machine” ahead of the 2027 elections. He also announced a step back from active politics, planning to return to his village farm.
Lawal’s resignation follows Atiku’s controversial victory over Rotimi Amaechi and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen in the ADC primary, which both runners-up also rejected. Despite the turmoil, Atiku has since met with Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen in an effort to reconcile.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
