Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state on Friday said the Southern Governors Forum will vehemently confront any political party that fields a northerner as presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections.

The governor who disclosed this while featuring as guest on Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ monitored by DAILY INDEPENDENT, said the Southern governors from three major political parties of All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) are unanimous in their resolution on zoning of the presidency and will follow it to the letter.

The Southern governors in their meeting in Lagos in July had said the presidency should be zoned to Southern Nigeria in 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term. They also reiterated it at their meeting in Enugu on Thursday.
 
According to Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum “If we have anything that we have agreed, that we have unanimity, it is the issue of president in 2023. All of us, irrespective of our political party. There are three political parties that are in the Southern Governors Forum. We have APGA, PDP and APC and we all agreed on this”.
“ Any party that picks any candidate from the North will have to face all Southern governors, because they will not support. But it has to come from South. We are saying that there must be rotational, the justice and fairness in it, that is what we are pushing”.

“ If my president, Muhammadu Buhari has ruled for eight years, then it cannot be from the North again. The next president must come from the South. We have not gotten to the stage where we will say let us give it to somebody who is competent”.

“ There are many people that are competent. We have competent people in the North as we have competent people in the South. So, the president can come from any part of the country. But if you have occupied the position for eight years, then it has to rotate back to the South”.

“We can continue to do that until it gets to a point where the issue of zooming becomes an anathema. But for now, zooming is it and those of us from the South are determined that the next president comes from the South”.

https://independent.ng/2023-presidency-southern-governors-will-oppose-any-party-that-fields-northern-candidate-akeredolu/

Good. Mark it, Ibos will default on this and support the Fulani by 2023.

Very good

Assuming If PDP zone to North, what can the governors do

North would have completed two terms which is 8 years by 2023.. common sense dictates that power should move South for another 8 years for equity sake except the North have evil agenda or something to hide.

Southerners no come sell groundnut for Nigeria now. Kilode

Akeredolu the great.

The APC man with opposition spirit
Tormentor of Fulani terrorists
Man with balls


May you walk and never stumble.

Let God's will be done

nairavsdollars:
Assuming If PDP zone to North, what can the governors do

Governors re the one sells presidential candidates to the locals in their state.
If a presidential candidate does not have backing of Governors he is doomed.
A presidential candidate cant not be live on ground in 36 states of the Federation to monitor election process..
It is the Governor of each state that is in control of the party structure.

Time will tell because it is being rumoured that Wike is planning to be the vp to Tambuwal. How that one will work, I do not know.

Akeredolu much as I admire you, please just speak for South West from now on.




The South East has another agenda.

I hope you're not counting Umahi & Uzodima among southern Governors.

Give this man presidency already

Better than Tinubu, osinbajo, umahi,

We need a president with balls to step on toes if Buhari mess would be redeemed

flokii:
North would have completed two terms which is 8 years by 2023.. common sense dictates that power should move South for another 8 years for equity sake except the North have evil agenda or something to hide.

Southerners no come sell groundnut for Nigeria now. Kilode

I like the word you use common sense

Common sense should let us allow Igbo rule too

Osinbajo who sacked DSS boss, Daura who was appointed by Buhari. You think he doesn't have balls?

Truthissupreme:
Give this man presidency already

Better than Tinubu, osinbajo, umahi,

We need a president with balls to step on toes if Buhari mess would be redeemed

spy24:


I like the word you use common sense

Common sense should let us allow Igbo rule too

You are free to try your luck at the polls.. let the electorates decide the Southern candidate they want.

What we won't succumb to is emotional blackmail or threats.

Man with ball made of steel

Good

flokii:


You are free to try your luck at the polls.. let the electorates decide the Southern candidate they want.

What we won't succumb to is emotional blackmail or threats.

Then you people should also stop the emotional blackmail and threats you guys are issuing to the north

Let everyone be free to go and try their luck at the polls... Let the electorate decide the Nigerian candidate they want

Will his wife agree?

flokii:
North would have completed two terms which is 8 years by 2023.. common sense dictates that power should move South for another 8 years for equity sake except the North have evil agenda or something to hide.

Southerners no come sell groundnut for Nigeria now. Kilode

SW has completed their own eight years.If the SW is contesting then the North should also be allowed to contest

spy24:


Then you people should also stop the emotional blackmail and threats you guys are issuing to the north

Let everyone be free to go and try their luck at the polls... Let the electorate decide the Nigerian candidate they want

There are a bunch of hypocrites.They actually think there are the only smart ones

ORIENTATION101:
Governors re the one sells presidential candidates to the locals in their state.
If a presidential candidate does not have backing of Governors he is doomed.
A presidential candidate cant not be live on ground in 36 states of the Federation to monitor election process..
It is the Governor of each state that is in control of the party structure.

No Mumu Governor in the SE can tell the people whom to vote for

spy24:


Then you people should also stop the emotional blackmail and threats you guys are issuing to the north

Let everyone be free to go and try their luck at the polls... Let the electorate decide the Nigerian candidate they want

Are you sure you are a Nigerian?
Where were you when the Northerners threatened hell during GEJ? people like El-rufai and co. Agreed Yar'adua couldn't complete his tenure and GEJ had to step in. Why didn't Northerners see GEJ as a Nigerian that they did all they could to frustrate him?

Left for Igbos, GEJ could continue and the North go to war as far as they are in control of his govt. It took Yorubas to quell the tension and made Buhari popular and accepted. Now the North want to repay same Yorubas with evil, trying to use Igbos against South. Ba wahala.

flokii:


Are you sure you are a Nigerian?
Were were you when the Northerners threatened hell during GEJ? Agreed Yar'adua couldn't complete his tenure and GEJ had to step in. Why didn't Northerners see GEJ as a Nigeria that they did all they could to frustrate him?

Left for Igbos, GEJ could continue and the North go to war as far as they are in control of his govt. It took Yorubas to quell the tension and made Buhari popular and accepted. Now the North want to repaysame Yorubas with evil, trying to use Igbos against South. Ba wahala.

Oga No one from the SW will be elected president in 2023.Instead of that to happen,the North will continue to rule

Whose wife?

SlyDev:
Will his wife agree?

kcnwaigbo:

Oga No one from the SW will be elected president in 2023.Instead of that to happen,the North will continue to rule

We don't want .. Let south have it..they can sort out themselves as they want.


U people should not come and use ur disunity to affect 2032 for El Rufai..

Both pdp and apc must zone it to south east

SlyDev:
Will his wife agree?

Good question.. his wife is inclined towards Uzodinma in Imo state and the ways of her people.

Akeredolu should thread with caution cos South still needs vote of the North to produce the elected president.

As it stands now, South East are playing to the gallery with the likes of Umahi showing solidarity to Sokoto caliphate with the hope they'll make him president. We know their game plan to reap where they didn't sow but we'll just pretend they are also Southerners for the time being.

Truthissupreme:
Give this man presidency already

Better than Tinubu, osinbajo, umahi,

We need a president with balls to step on toes if Buhari mess would be redeemed

Is peter obi not having balls too
We want Igbo president or south south should have it

Senses just dey flow into heads of southern governors, good move.