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The campaign organisation of Adamawa State NDC governorship candidate, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, has fired back at former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, warning against individuals who see themselves as “demigods” within the party.
The fresh salvo follows Lawal’s accusation that Binani and other North-East governorship candidates were acting against the party’s national interests after rejecting his leadership role in the region.
Responding through her Director of Media and Public Affairs, Mathias Yohanna, Binani’s campaign said she would not be intimidated by what it described as “indecent language” and personal attacks.
The campaign maintained that Binani’s position on the North-East leadership question was not a personal decision but the outcome of a meeting involving the party’s governorship candidates in the region.
It said the candidates had collectively resolved to recognise Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as the party’s leader in the North.
“Engr. Babachir Lawal, in his characteristic manner, seems poised for destruction rather than building the party and supporting individuals who have dissipated energy and resources to move the NDC to greater heights,” the campaign said.
It argued that leadership within the party should be based on consultation, mutual respect and democratic consensus rather than individual ambition.
“While we respect elders who stand for the truth, our respect should not be taken for granted.
“We must admit that conscience, integrity, and respect for one another should be the bases of any sound political engineering,” the statement added.
Binani’s camp also called on the national leadership of the NDC to intervene in the growing dispute and caution Lawal against comments it considered divisive.
“Statesmen are known for building bridges of unity and progress in any society,” Yohanna said.
The campaign then launched its strongest attack on the former SGF, condemning what it described as “cruel, indecent and unschooled language” in internal party disagreements.
“This calls for unmasking malignant narcissists from their grand delusions of seeing themselves as demigods,” it said.
The dispute followed the decision of six NDC governorship candidates from Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe to reject Lawal’s North-East leadership role, arguing that they were not consulted before the decision was taken.
The candidates had demanded broader consultation with stakeholders as the party strengthens its structures ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Binani’s campaign insisted that its opposition to Lawal should not be interpreted as anti-party activity, maintaining that its position was aimed at protecting internal democracy and unity within the NDC.
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