Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

The Arewa Youth Consulta­tive Forum (AYCF) on Sunday countered the Southern Gov­ernors’ Forum on the issue of zoning of the 2023 presiden­tial ticket, saying the North will not support any zoning arrangement.

Yerima Shetimma, leader of the Northern youth coali­tion, told Daily Independent that any political party that zones its presidential ticket to any region is “on its own”.

The 19 Southern governors from the ruling All Progres­sives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party (PDP) in their meeting in Lagos in July had issued a communiqué where they agreed that the presiden­cy should be zoned to South­ern Nigeria in 2023 when Pres­ident Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term.

However, Shetimma, who said the North will use its nu­merical strength to overturn any zoning arrangement in 2023, said no governor can in­timidate anybody into zoning the presidency.

According to him, rath­er than zoning, the North is insisting on merit and com­petence so that the best and most qualified candidate can emerge as president in 2023.

He said, “That is their per­sonal opinion and nobody can stop them from expressing their views. We are also say­ing that any political party that zones any presidency to anywhere is on its own.

“Definitely, we will not key into any zonal arrangement or partnership. They can also be rest assured that we have also taken our position on 2023 presidency and no governor can intimidate anybody. No individual or any group can intimidate anybody to say that power should shift to any region.

“We are insisting on merit and competence and we are going to use our strength as well as our man power in the Northern part of the country to ensure that there is nothing like zoning in 2023. No zonal arrangement will work.

“We will make sure we protect our interest and bring about the best thing that will happen to this country. No­body can force anybody to implement zoning”.

https://independent.ng/north-will-use-numerical-strength-to-quash-zoning-in-2023-aycf/

Awesome

Nothing like zoning of president in 2023 . Anyone that is capable and qualified should contest. Zoning is not part of Nigeria constitution

I support merit and competence too. It is zoning that produced Buhari who has put Nigeria and this mess

NORTH CENTRAL GET READY!!!

SOUTHERN NIGERIA EXCLUDING YORUBA ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU GUYS


TWO CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THIS ROUGH PLAY

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KYASE

HANGNMKNOW

yyba:
Nothing like zoning of president in 2023 . Anyone that is capable and qualified should contest. Zoning is not part of Nigeria constitution

GBAM



IT’S COMING HOME NORTH CENTRAL

Who do u have in North-Central, Yaya Bello

OBALOLA55:
NORTH CENTRAL GET READY!!!

SOUTHERN NIGERIA EXCLUDING YORUBA ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU GUYS


TWO CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THIS ROUGH PLAY

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KYASE

HANGNMKNOW

Okay

Their opinions

Everyone is now chasing clout in this country. You didn't talk about competency before fostering this Mr incompetent on Nigeria. It's now you are looking for competent Nigerian to be president.
These northern cows can be funny all the time.

you can't blame them. They have political superiority and the south is not united

SEYIKP:
Everyone is now chasing clout in this country. You didn't talk about competency before fostering this Mr incompetent on Nigeria. It's now you are looking for competent Nigerian to be president.
These northern cows can be funny all the time.

OBALOLA55:
NORTH CENTRAL GET READY!!!

SOUTHERN NIGERIA EXCLUDING YORUBA ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU GUYS


TWO CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THIS ROUGH PLAY

CC

KYASE

HANGNMKNOW

Let south east have the tickets seriously
For once let’s do something right
Team South east

Arewa has a Youth Forum, Ohanieze has a youth forum. What's the youth forum for south west youths?

OPC

JimiJunji:
Arewa has a Youth Forum, Ohanieze has a youth forum. What's the youth forum for south west youths?

hisexcellency34:
OPC

Hmm, am not sure OPC is a youth forum.

After foisting a worst catastrophe of Buhari kind twice on a nation of 180M people they now think they need competent people to lead.So all of these shenanigans is to enable them foist another of their kind and continue the domination? No way!

SEYIKP:
Everyone is now chasing clout in this country. You didn't talk about competency before fostering this Mr incompetent on Nigeria. It's now you are looking for competent Nigerian to be president.These northern cows can be funny all the time.

You mind these brutes? They ain't wise as they think because they have sensitised the political consciousness of many a citizen in Nigeria today.

Wahala for Tinubu that has been slaving to the Fulanis for 2023 Presidential ticket.



When the reality of the north's plan to hold onto power hits many of those southern elites and politicians in 2022 that is when they will start supporting the call for secession. It will be too late for them.