Alhaji Musa Saidu, the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria says the North must support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president in 2023, as a payback for his numerous support for President Muhammadu Buhari.
Saidu, also the National Coordinator, Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Coexistence in Southern Nigeria (AIPCSN), said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
He also lends his support to the clamour for a power shift from the North to the South in 2023.
“The issue of power shift started during the military regime, there was a general agreement for power shift from North to South and that was how former President Olusegun Obasanjo emerged as the president in 1999.
“Late President Umaru Yar’Adua who succeeded Obasanjo spent only two years and few months in office and former President Goodluck Jonathan who was the Vice President replaced him.
“I think so many things happened afterwards which led to the killing of zoning in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“So in PDP there is no zoning arrangement currently, that means anybody from any part of the country can contest, but in APC if the power must shift it must go to South West and Tinubu,” he said.
He added: “But President Muhammadu Buhari came on board on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) without any zoning arrangement.
“Buhari got massive support from the North and the South-West especially from political bigwigs like Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the former Lagos State Governor was happened to be the National Leader of the APC.
