Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a former presidential aide to former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has emphatically declared that the presidency will not return to the North in 2027.
The former National Chairman of NRC made the assertion on Monday during an interview with Arise TV. This is even as he tackled those agitating for the Northern presidency in the next election.
Reacting to the calls by some northern elements for the presidency to return to the north, dismissed the calls. He, therefore, identified sectionalism as the “most fundamental problems for Nigeria’s stagnation”.
He said, “Those who control the affairs of this nation, in terms of politics before now, were more interested in national interest than sectional interest”.
“I say this authoritatively without any fear of contradiction or equivocation. In 2027, power cannot return to the North yet. That’s not how we do it.”
“We rotate between the North and the South. The North does eight years, at the end of which the South does eight years.
“I’m not saying that Bola Tinubu must be president in 2027. But it’s not going to be a northerner,” Okupe explained.
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