{
  "id": 9155450,
  "title": "BREAKING: Former Atiku ally, Babachir Lawal defects to NDC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/breaking-former-atiku-ally-babachir-lawal-defects-to-ndc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T14:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/22/former-atiku-ally-babachir-lawal-defects-to-ndc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Secretary General of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, on Tuesday. His defection followed his meeting today with NDC National Leader Senator Seriake Dickson at the senator’s Abuja residence. Lawal, who resigned from the ADC on June 1 over the emergence of Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate, […] BREAKING: Former Atiku ally,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}