Former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, says some “Judas Iscariot” in the Southern part of Nigeria are working against realisation of the power shift to the region ahead of 2023 presidential election.

There has been agitation for the zoning of the presidency to the South as President Muhammadu Buhari rounds off his two- term in office in 2023.

Some northern leaders and serving governors like Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and Babagana Zulum of Borno State have openly thrown their weight behind the agitation for power shift.

Shettima, who is one of the promoters of former Lagos Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential ambition, expressed concern that some “Judas Iscariot” from the South were “hellbent on becoming spoilers” and wanted to scuttle the chances of the region to produce next president.

He spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while introducing Tinubu to the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates.

According to him, the enemy of Southern Nigeria is often not the Northern Nigeria, but people from the South who he said are ever ready to play the second fiddle.

The senator also threw jabs at some presidential aspirants from Ogun State who he said they could not garner more than 10 votes, maintaining that they would end up becoming spoilers.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole and a clergyman, Pastor Tunde Bakare, are the four APC presidential aspirants from the state.

Shettima in his remarks urged the South West to back Tinubu to pick the ruling party ticket, saying he remains the only man that could confront the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The former Borno State governor also spoke on the role Tinubu played in President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence, saying without him, Buhari wouldn’t not have picked the party’s ticket in 2015.

He said, “The enemy of Southern Nigeria is often not the Northern Nigeria, but men and women of its own stock, the Judas Iscariot of the Southern race who are ever ready to play the second fiddle.

“This is an informed gathering and I cannot talk to you about leadership, Yorubas, especially the Egba and Ijebu stock are some of the most educated people in Africa.

“….I said earlier we are living in very interesting times and for those of us in the Asiwaju team, we are moved by forest of ideas and the realization that what this country needs is a unifying leader who has neither ethnic nor religious agenda and who is not bound by toxic regional solidarity and yet known for exemplary qualitative leadership. And if you look around, the contenders and the pretenders for the Presidency of this country, there is no one that the cap fits better than the gentle man seated here.”

oshozondii:
Judas Iscariot of Southern race?

Christistruth00:



Orji Kalu is number 1

Lawan said: Sometimes it is very difficult to support a Yoruba person in national politics if you are not one.They have a way of making you regret your support because they eventually make you seem like a traitor to your own people. Now all these comments about Bola’s Yoruba presidency and his support of Buhari without which Buhari would not have been president is bullshit.

“He wasn’t the only one whose support made a difference. There were many others from all around the country and they are not bragging about it.You may wish to know that all of us Buhari supporters are shocked and pissed off by Bola’s speech on this occasion. It is unlike him.

oshozondii:


https://dailytrust.com/2023-presdiency-judas-iscariot-hellbent-on-spoiling-souths-chances-shettima
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

-Akintola betrayed Awolowo.
-Tinubu betrayed MKO Abiola.
-Tinubu betrayed the SW.
The traitors know themselves.

Christistruth00:



Orji Kalu is number 1

OfoIgbo:


Tinubu is number 1

It's the turn of the SE. But he wants to usurp that.

OUK already made it clear that if it won't go the SE way, then the NE had better have it.

Tinubu fired the first salvo by working against a SS president in 2015.
He now followed it up by attempting to usurp the SE chance of producing a president for nearly 60 years.

Christistruth00:




Why is Orji Kalu Not Supporting Dave Umahi Of Ebonyi then or even Okorocha ?