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Ex-presidential aide to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has emphatically declared that the presidency will not return to the North in 2027.


Okupe, who made the assertion on Monday during an interview with Arise TV, tackled those agitating for the Northern presidency in the next election.

He identified sectionalism as the “most fundamental problems why Nigeria is stagnating”, stressing that “those who control the affairs of this nation, in terms of politics before now, were more interested in national interest than sectional interest”.


He stated, “I say this authoritatively without any fear of contradiction or equivocation, in 2027, power cannot return to the North yet. That’s not how we do it.”

“We rotate between the North and the South. The North does eight years, at the end of which the South does eight years.

“I’m not saying that Bola Tinubu must be president in 2027, but it’s not going to be a northerner,” he explained.

Paraman:
NBS does not care about how you guys feel about the stats.

chrisxxx:
Before releasing Kanu they should make sure that he has been fully corrected in the Correctional Facility.

Krankhead:
Obi and his Rodents will conical to be in pain. Obi will never be president. Anyway obi can continue to be the president of the Mourners Association of Nigeria sending condolences

odejimioflagos:
APC all the way.

Beremx:
almost all big markets in Lagos have Yoruba names especially Tinubu's mother name taking the lead. I'm surprised Ladipo market is named after an Igbo man.
It's no big deal abeg. Na we still dey run the market

olatade:
Hope the refinery itself is aware of this statement?

Donchieli:
With which security?


Security is not guaranteed abeg


I can't send my loved one to Enugu for such an event

zoedew:
You really do not know Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! You will not pray that your life and family affairs be run in the manner he ran Nigeria if you really knew him!