- Dr. Junaid Mohammed insisted he is against the concept of zoning in the country
- He warned that if anything happens to Buhari, the north will ask for more years to rule
- He said the PDP tried it and it
failed and that the APC is following a similar path Dr. Junaid Mohammed has said that due to the political structure of Nigeria, the north will feel entitled to be in power for another eight years if anything happens to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In an interview with The Punch,
Junaid who has been a staunch
critic of the Buhari administration said he feared a repeat of what happened after the demise of late [resident, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The former member of the
House of Representative said he was strongly against the
structure of zoning as it causes
problem when something
unexpected happens.

He said: "The constitution of
Nigeria provides that if the president is either sick or otherwise incapacitated physically or mentally, there are certain steps to be taken. But I don’t believe we are there yet.
My concern is not about whether
the President is sick or not, but
the way the sickness is being
treated. From the day Buhari
came back into Nigeria, it was
clear that he had been ‘hijacked’
– the Presidency has been held
captive by a cabal, as we know
them. Now, whether the cabal
has the right to do that is another
matter because the constitution
does not provide for any group
of people – whether they are
personal blood relations or
friends of the President or his
cronies. They have no right to
deny Nigerians access to the
President. But if doctors decide
not to allow him see some
people, that should be stated in
statements which are coherent
and medically knowledge-based.
But what we have been seeing is
abracadabra, with everybody
telling his own lie by saying that
the President is either praying or
going to the office or to the
mosque.
"These do not allay fears. Our
concern is: What is the state of
health of our President? If we
know this and have it on good
authority, tempers will not flare. I
noticed from the last time he
came back to the time he went
back, there have been a group
of people making very
irresponsible statements. They
are saying that some people are
planning confusion. Someone
claimed that he cried because
Buhari was unable to attend the
wedding of his (Buhari’s)
grandson – certainly, that old
man was lying. We’ve seen all
sorts of people who are now
bringing up all sorts of animosity
within the ruling party that some
people are responsible for some
people not being given
appointments or denied the
opportunity to be picked as vice
president. These are very
dangerous gimmicks.
Dangerous, because there is a
problem of sensibilities; those of
us who have opposed zoning
and rotation since the 1970’s
have continued to say that this is
not a very healthy situation and it
is not in the interest of the
country."
He noted that the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) tried
zoning but it did not work and
that the same outcome is likely to
happen in the ruling party.
"The zoning in the Peoples
Democratic Party has not
worked. Now it is trending in the
All Progressives Congress. It is
either we fix it or ship it out
altogether. If that is not done,
then you have to go back and
redress it by saying that in the
course of zoning and rotation,
(Umaru) Yar’Adua died in office.
The years he ought to have
spent in office were not
compensated for. Those who
are claiming that Yar’Adua was
theirs or that he came from their
region did not get the
compensation that was due to
them. We are now having a
situation whereby Buhari is sick –
whether he resigns or God
forbid, something else happens,
we are going to have the
balance of Buhari’s years taken
over by someone else from
outside the zone Buhari comes
from. What are we going to do?
Are we going to say okay,
nothing has happened, let’s carry
on?
"They invoked the so-called
Doctrine of Necessity and carried
on. Whereas you can ignore
agitations from people who didn’t
win an election, you cannot
ignore agitations from people
who won an election. I have no
doubt in my mind that Buhari
won an election. What he has
done with the mandate is
another matter and I have been
very critical about what has been
happening. But the fact of the
matter is, those who see Buhari
as their representative and are
not being treated justly are going
to claim their own rights and the
only way you are going to
resolve the issue is that after
Buhari’s administration, you have
it zoned to a certain part of the
country for eight to 10 years.
Whether this makes sense in a
democracy or not is beside the
point, because I don’t support
zoning and rotation. You should
ask those who support it and see whether they can continue with
the system."
"Because clearly, there are so
many unforeseen circumstances
that can come up in the process
of zoning and rotation for which
there is no remedy. And, if we
don’t have a remedy for it, it may
lead to the breakup of the
country. We should be very
careful. It cannot be the kind of
thing which happened under
Yar’Adua whether you call it
divine intervention or Doctrine of
Necessity. This time around, the
concept has to be revisited and
those who have lost out twice
have to be compensated.
Otherwise, there may not be
much of Nigeria to think or talk
about and our democracy will be gone."
https://www.naij.com/1104592-if-buhari-north-fight-8-years.html

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prrsidents of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Buhari and Osinbajo but just that one Was; and the other Is.

never trust people from the western region....they are snakes and very tribalistic. Osinbajo will not be president insha Allah

keypad1:
never trust people from the western region....they are snakes and very tribalistic. Osinbajo will not be president insha Allah

did they really poison him and made him look like vegetable

keypad1:
never trust people from the western region....they are snakes and very tribalistic. Osinbajo will not be president insha Allah

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Zoning is been used as a tool to rotate power or recycle a set of politicians, never supported it and never will.

I wonder why any educated northerner automatically become a spokesman for all northerners.

And when they even talk,it doesn't reflect their level of education.Imagine this one talking as if he would be the one to enforce all parties to present a northern candidate and vote on behalf of Nigerians.

Unfortunately,they are not aware that,north this,north that,always dampen the chances of northern politician from winning presidential elections.He should go and ask atiku how 8 northern wisemen endorsement distroyed his chance in 2011 against GEJ.

North and south west will battle it out when its time. their fuccking problem

Buhari should just die let's see what his kinsmen Boko Haram Northern Muslims will do.

keypad1:
never trust people from the western region....they are snakes and very tribalistic. Osinbajo will not be president insha Allah

No igbo man will near seat of power again in this country.. mark my words.
Yorubas will make sure it never happens.. I trust my people

you will continue to look and wail like you've been doing since independence till eternity. Amen

They can keep fighting but, but keep thier fight to the north. and not southerners

comradejudism:
North and south west will battle it out when its time. their fuccking problem

you should have said buhari loyalist and tinubu will battle it out.

keypad1:
never trust people from the western region....they are snakes and very tribalistic. Osinbajo will not be president insha Allah

did you say or write this before and after 2015......osibanjo will be president and you guys will start your rubbish battle all over again.
Mtcheeew!!!!!!! Born to rule

Sealeddeal:
Buhari should just die let's see what his kinsmen Boko Haram Northern Muslims will do.

He is already.. Nigeria is greater than the selfish agendas of this Nothern Politicians. Wish the south south will come together to Vote our own, and not this south south, south east and south west shiit we do all the time. United we stand, divided we fall..

Is it not about time the North sees it clearly that power belongs to God.

You take power by force like it's a birth right and it walks away from you just like that.

This is the third time. The Last two northern presidents to occupy Aso rock died in there. The 3rd one Buhari, is terribly sick and needs a miracle to continue ruling.

Isn't it time to just look beyond Abuja and start thinking of how to better your country? Has any president ever helped his region or state?

Did Obasanjo do anything for the SW? Did Bayelsa or the entire SS benefit much from Jonathan? Did Katsina develop by providing us 2 presidents?

It's time we face realities. The country will not have all these problems if we focus more on restructuring the country and operating regional governments.
Awolowo was a regional premier and his impact on the SW is still felt till today. Ahmadu Bello was a premier of the northern region. His impact is still felt till today. These guys had greater impact than any Nigerian president has had till date.

Imagine Tinubu as the Regional head of the SW.
Imagine Soludo as the Regional head of the SE.
Imagine Donald Duke as the Regional head of SS.
Imagine Sanusi as the Regional head of the NW.

This is what we need. If the creators of Nigeria, the U.K. has 4 countries in one, what stops us from having 6 regions?

Many people think Igbo truly want to secede. If you regionalize this country, you would see an instant end to the Biafra Agitation