2023: Shehu Sani Drums Support For Igbo Presidency

Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has thrown his weight behind the call for the Southeast region to produce Nigeria's president in 2023.

Sani, who made his position known while on a  Channels Television programme urged all political parties, particularly the All Progressive Congress (APC) to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East.

He further opined that the zoning of the presidency to the region would preserve Nigeria’s unity.

“Since 1999, the North had ruled Nigeria twice in Umoru Yar’Adua and Mohammadu Buhari and the South-West, eight years in Olusegun Obasanjo; while the South-South had six years through Goodluck Jonathan. Therefore, morality, equity and a sense of equal recognition demand that the South-East be allowed to also have a stake in the presidency of Nigeria.

“You cannot continue to promote marginalisation of a section of the people and expect protests and agitation to stop. If my part of the country is marginalised, I will join the protest too.

“If you have a system that takes care of educationally backward states, why can’t the same system be applied to politically disadvantaged regions like the South-East. If one part of a country can be given special consideration on a quota basis why can’t the same consideration be given to another part that has been denied an opportunity to have a shot at the presidency all this while?”

Sani also argued that the greatest legacy Buhari would leave behind is to cede power to the South-East next year.