Amid a raging debate over the zoning of the 2023 presidential election, no fewer than six northern governors are supporting the South for the nation' s highest office.

They discussed their desire for power to shift from the North in the upcoming elections.

The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari of the North, is set to finish his maximum eight- year term in office in 2023.

He took over for former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is from the South.

Jonathan had completed two years of his predecessor' s four- year term, Alhaji Musa Yar' Adua, a northerner who became ill and died in office in 2009 and had won another four- year term, which he also completed in 2015.

He later ran for re- election but was defeated by the incumbent.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his Borno State counterpart, Professor Babagana Zulum, are the most recent of the six governors to speak.

There are 18 governors from the North among the 36 governors in the country.

Their 17 colleagues from the South sparked the most recent controversy in July of this year when they claimed the presidency in 2023.