* Ruling party’s govs intensify moves for reconciliation and southern presidency

*APC aspirants in last minute push for alliances, mobilisation

Olawale Olaleye

Yesterday’s attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, Ondo State, by criminal terrorists, leaving scores dead in its wake, mostly women and children, might have had devastating consequences on the quest for northern presidency in 2023.

Although a debate on the justification for a northern president after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years, has always ended in stalemate, yesterday’s terrorists attack on innocent worshippers, has however, made the idea more untenable in view of the current realities.

Already, the governors from both north and south, had reviewed the security situation in the country, and were said to have come to a realisation that the joke was on them if they sat back and allowed hoodlums take over the country.

However, with the security situation this bad under a northern president, more so a retired general, the governors unanimously agreed to do something different in order to get a different result, hence the need to ensure a unifier from the south.

“Owo killings had not crept into the picture when the governors met and concluded they could no longer sit back and allow hoodlums take over the country. So, they agreed to go to the south and try a new perspective, given thew increasing insecurity in every part of the country.

“But with the mindless killings of women and innocent children, who had gone to worship in Church by terrorists, northern presidency becomes arguably untenable and might have died a natural death, because those who ordinarily should push it are no longer interested,” said a source privy to one of the governors’ meetings.

The source, who claimed that the northerner governors were the ones personally campaigning for a southern president, explained that the only remaining northern candidate in the race for APC ticket, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, constituted threat to the cause and resolution of the governors.

According to him, “The only northern candidate still in the race, Ahmad Lawan, has no experience. He has never run anything in his life. He has never run a state; he has never run any business, therefore, he poses no threat to southern presidency with its array of supporters from the north.

“So, essentially what the governors, sharing understanding with the party leadership, are trying to do is to see if they could do the consensus that could unite the country and move on from the present phase. The killings are not tenable and do not represent who we are as a people.”

The attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, had first come in the form of an explosion and was immediately followed by sporadic shootings by the gunmen suspected to be terrorists.

The explosion, which occurred on the church premises, however, left scores dead and many others injured.

When THISDAY visited the scene of the incident, it was observed that the gunmen used dynamites to blow the altar of the church while the service was going on.

Parts of the altar POP caved in, as the gunmen shot many worshipers Pool of blood littered the floor of the church as corpses were moved to the Federal Medical Centre and St Louis Catholic Hospital, Owo, as well as those who sustained injuries.

This, nonetheless, the different presidential aspirants in the party, have already begun to mobilise cash and alliances for last minute push.

A party source confided in THISDAY that the APC aspirants, have only decided to downplay the magnitude of what is going now, because of the backlash from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) open trading with delegates.

“There’s last minute mobilisation of cash that’s already going on and it is across all the aspirants. None is left out.

Besides, there’s also alliances being negotiated ahead of the D-Day. And all of this is being done to ensure a southerner did not just emerge candidate of the ruling party but goes ahead to win the general election. This is why the last minute push is intense,” the source said.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/06/06/how-owo-church-killings-put-2023-northern-presidency-up-in-the-air/

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BUT TINUBU IS OKAY BY ME AND MY YARD PEOPLE

More than anything, I've urged people to avoid Northern presidency come 2023.
The level of compromise and increasing guts amongst terrorist is something that needs to be checked by people else.
Even northerners are afraid of their own presidency as it stands.

A lot of people still don't see this. These are not random events or some aggrieved herdsmen taking out their frustration on the yoruba people. These attacks are part of a well planned, well funded and coordinated program to turn Nigeria to another Afghanistan.

Sunday Igboho osha , thank you once again.

Was there any time that any serious thinking human being in this country was contemplating another northern presidency after Buhari? Are we under northern colonialism in this country? Did we exchange British colonialism with Fulani oligarchy?? How many northern military presidents? How many northern civilian presidents? Is there anything administrative inventive or peculiar about the northerner that should make the rest of us sit by and surrender the leadership of the country to them in perpetuity? Are we onlookers in our lands? Na only North Waka come?

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Story. Southerners are perpetual slaves, they'll always be available to do their masters bidding.

Osinbajo for the job

I have always maintained that after the monumental disaster that is Buhari with his unrivalled incompetence and first class bigotry,a Southern goat as president is better than whatever the North has to offer.
Atiku,Lawan,have the same northern mindset of bigotry and likely same incompetence.
He lost his chance when he lost to Buhari in 2019.
He has nothing to offer hence with the bigotry that runs through their veins.
Tinubu,Osinbajo,Amaechi are all acceptable than whatever the North has to give,lest,years from now,we would start gnashing our teeth,wailing over another Owo.
A word is enough for the wise.

Not just Northern presidency, but Muslim presidency as well is out of the question. No matter how desperate a situation we may be in, let's not forget that it was a southern Muslim that forced Buhari upon unwilling Nigerians. Tinubu not only hyped a man who well knew was a failure, he also engineered the rigging of the elections on his behalf.

The attack demarkets APC

the flagbearer surely from the south na so the question now should be christian or another muslim?
a p c failed northern muslim president failed.

p d p come de still give there flag to a northern muslim to bear.

nigerian politics is now a case of delima- does it takes only a northern muslim or a muslim to win election in nigeria?

despite that i don't have anytime to waste on vote i still prefer the willing voters to vote for a southern christian per-adventure there's

First of all, the killing is very barbaric and those people that did it should be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

Secondly, SW people are overrating themselves and their capabilities. If Buhari decides on a northerner, you can’t do anything, a northerner will rule Nigeria. INEC is in his pocket.

RIP to the dead, no one deserves to die that way.

thesicilian:
Not just Northern presidency, but Muslim presidency as well is out of the question. No matter how desperate a situation we may be in, let's not forget that it was a southern Muslim that forced Buhari upon unwilling Nigerians. Tinubu not only hyped a man who well knew was a failure, he also engineered the rigging of the elections on his behalf.

That's the fact

APCnaPDP:
First of all, the killing is very barbaric and those people that did it should be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

Secondly, SW people are overrating themselves and their capabilities. If Buhari decides on a northerner, you can’t do anything, a northerner will rule Nigeria. INEC is in his pocket.

RIP to the dead, no one deserves to die that way.

Buhari can install a gorilla as his successor if he so wants! You are right, he sure can do it! He controls INEC, The Army, The Police and a reasonable amount of the political class up North.

What Buhari can not do is to control the aftermath of such a dangerous decision, because surely, there will be a reaction and a pushback and you know what? Buhari will be in daurra, far away from power to handle that.

You forgot boko haram started during the regime of a christian, it got worst under another christian. (As usual It will worsen if another christian is GCFR) The best solution for Nigeria is disengagement of the fake married let each region be their brothers keeper then when there's unity there will be progress.

thesicilian:
Not just Northern presidency, but Muslim presidency as well is out of the question. No matter how desperate a situation we may be in, let's not forget that it was a southern Muslim that forced Buhari upon unwilling Nigerians. Tinubu not only hyped a man who well knew was a failure, he also engineered the rigging of the elections on his behalf.

What was the motive behind the attack? this is the question we should be asking....

Confusion everywhere

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I hate all these useless analysis by these journalists who have forgotten the fundamentals of good journalism...
When did the governors meet to agree Northern Presidency is a no-no, when few hours ago another was reporting that a group of the political class is trying to keep one Yoruba man on the "Edge" by sparogatively selling a 'North-Eastern' candidacy to the clueless one.

Well, the only good thing about our President is that, he is good for nothing.
Singing
This country is not our home
We are just passing through

Buckeyemedia, Wetin dey happen?

I am OBI-DIENT

Let's vote for labour, vote for peter obi

Our Mumu Never Do?


Shall we wait before they kill us all first b4 we act

sogodihno:
Some useless southern slave still want to support Atiku, just because they hate Yoruba.

Atiku is a fulani man that initially condemn Deborah murder but had to track back because his Alamajiri family member threaten him.

Ma thunder strike all of them that want another fulani rule after Buhari

I can tell you for Free the SE is NOT voting Atiku

Northerners Are Terrorist, This Owo Attack Has Ruined Atiku Chances