Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday reiterated his call for a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction.
Adebanjo said it is the turn of the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s President because other regions have ruled the country.
He spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today in a program which was monitored by Africa Daily New, New York.
The Afenifere leader argued that former President Olusegun Obasanjo who led for eight years and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo hail from the Southwest.
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He also pointed out that the South-south produced Goodluck Jonathan, the North has served its term, while leaving only the Southeast.
The 94-year-old man stressed that in the interest of federal character, the Southeast should be allowed to rule Nigeria.
‘How can you say rotation in the North and South, and when it comes to the South, it would be South-West and South-South every time?
‘Is the South-East not part of the South? What is the moral we are talking about?
‘Is it not the South-West that had Obasanjo serve for eight years, Osinbajo for another eight years as Vice President? South-South has served its own.
‘Is the South-East not part of the South? That is the question we should answer,’ he said.
In a related development, foremost Nigerian nationalist and former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark on Thursday endorsed Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State for President in the 2023 general election.
Clark, who received Umahi in a consultation visit at his Abuja residence, insisted that it was the turn of core Igbos to produce the next President of Nigeria.
He called on ethnic nationalities to support Ndigbo to enthrone the likes of Umahi to rescue the nation from collapse.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
