A former Commissioner for Information in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua has warned that danger lies ahead if some powerbrokers attempt to foist a president of northern extraction on Nigerians in 2027.

The chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in an article titled ‘2027: The North And The Rest Of Us’ said after former President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner from Katsina state has completed his eight-year term from 2015 to 2023, the wisest thing to do is to allow a Southerner rule from 2023 till 2031.

Going down memory lane, Afegbua also argued that the North cannot produce the president alone without the support of the South and vice-versa, citing the failed attempts by Buhari in 2003, 2007 and 2011 to win the presidential election despite his huge popularity in the north.

He said “The whispers about gambits being hatched in and by the North to produce the president in 2027, and alter the algorithm of power that guarantees balancing the wheel of power rotation, is suffusing the air. It portends to be a deleterious move that can set us all back. It would seem too propitious that we heed and apply wisdom by allowing the South a full eight year turn, rather than allow the upset that meddling with the current flow could bring, on several levels”.

“After President Buhari’s eight-year tenure, the natural thing is to allow the South complete an uninterrupted eight years to balance the rotation. The word that the North is plotting a comeback in 2027 is not only daunting; it actually offends the sensibilities of the South”.

“It is apocryphal. Indeed it would be vexatious for any aspirant from the North to even attempt contesting when the South has not completed its turn. Moreover, if the rhythm of politics of rotation is altered, it would be tantamount to burning the bridges of the understanding that should naturally sustain the pillars of stability of our country. A Northern president in 2027 launched by way of whatever platform or ideology, could set us at odds and put us in retrograde”.

“We should be aiming at going away from this North-South dichotomy or polemic, and see ourselves as one, evincing palpable equity and justice, if we truly want to sustain national politics of homogeneity, driven by a deliberate and genuine desire to help deepen our politics for national progress, prosperity, and unity”.

“The South must be allowed to complete its turn of at least eight years, till 2031. Thereafter, it will be the turn of the North to succeed the government of the day. Those who are fanning the embers of discord by massing around political players should better revisit their thoughts, to avoid polarisation in an already delicate situation”.

“Any thought about 2027 and the North plotting a comeback should be spurned, as anything too hot to handle, to avoid any implosion. Such plots would be a direct insult to the South by every measure. The gossamer peace that presently exists in the country should be enriched by action, to give birth to entrenched democratic culture of rotational presidency, that would expunge the citizenry’s dissonance”.

“Give the South a chance to complete its own eight-year tenure without provocation. Trying to stage a comeback looks precarious. Let us espouse equity, fairness and wisdom”.
https://thescrutinyng.com/2025/02/11/pushing-for-a-northern-presidency-in-2027-could-spell-crisis-for-nigeria-afegbua/

Rubbish! Did denying Ndigbo their turn in 2023 result in any crisis? If not, then why should 2027 be any different?

NIGERIANS are no longer concern from what region the president comes from.
NIGERIANS just want who can remove them from this mess they have been going through since 2015.

Let it spell
There are 6 geo POLITICAL zones in Nigeria and not "Northern and Southern"
The guy is an idiot and a big hypocrite to talk about fairness.

IGBOPROMISE1:
Rubbish! Did denying Ndigbo their turn in 2023 result in any crisis? If not, then why should 2027 be any different?

Mumu. Can you Igbos( I-Go-Before-other people) ever see beyond your ethnic group? What Igbo "2023 turn"? They are talking rotation of power between North and South and this clown is hinting at Igbo marginalisation as usual as if Igbos must be dashed the southern ticket automatically.

Are Igbos not Southerners and should they not grow the political balls and nous to fight for and win the Southern slot when it is the turn of the South?

Bianca Ojukwu has totally captured the essence of Igbo men like you today. I.e cowards who she views "men who are not like men" and therefore not capable of going toe to toe against others to emerge the victor.

If you like, spend the next 14 years till 2039, when it will be the turn of the south, moaning when you should be strategizing to win the Southern slot. SS man will simply move in and relegate you effeminate losers again to be 2039 President of Nigeria. Shikena. O ti Lo.

Zionmdde:
Let it spell
There are 6 geo POLITICAL zones in Nigeria and not "Northern and Southern"
The guy is an idiot and a big hypocrite to talk about fairness.

You are naive. 6 geo political zones means what exactly? 6 geo political zones can only be relevant if we return to regional governance meaning the Premier of every region has autonomous power.

In our Present 'one Nigeria' your talk is not realistic or practical. If you are Tiv and from North Central, how will the entire North adopt you their Presidential slot unless you go beyond the thinking it is about rotation between 6 geo political zones?

As a leader from a minority ethnic group you must accept rotation is between North and South and work internationally to convince the big wigs in the zone you fall in to adopt you.

meaning the Tiv or Idoma who wants to be President, utilising the slot of the North, simply needs to go and strategize, build bridges and offer 'sweeteners' to get his desire. Nothing for him if he begins shouting "it is the turn of North Central".

Nigeria is past that level now. Rotation can only be between North and South, going forward, with gladiators then going to negotiate internally in their North or South zone over who gets the presidential ticket.

Northerners don't share this belief

ogaemma:
NIGERIANS are no longer concern from what region the president comes from.
NIGERIANS just want who can remove them from this mess they have been going through since 2015.

nairavsdollars:
Northerners don't share this belief

You are right.
But Not all part of the North.
If you remember in the last election, the LP won some states in the North and pulled some good number of votes in some other Northern states.

Am voting for a sound northerner next election and not tinubu , I will campaign against tinubu , I will invest against tinubu , infact I want him put on trial after he is bundled out of aso rock

IGBOPROMISE1:
Rubbish! Did denying Ndigbo their turn in 2023 result in any crisis? If not, then why should 2027 be any different?

Don’t mind the useless Godforsaken afonjas , what’s south ? We want the best candidate even it continues to be a northerner for ever and I don’t mind

noise everywhere but wait ooh.if for example T-pain was T-gain or T-happiness we wouldn't be doing this.T-pain really fall hands ooh.he built Lagos,he built Lagos everywhere done scatter

UltraSolid:


You are naive. 6 geo political zones means what exactly? 6 geo political zones can only be relevant if we return to regional governance meaning the Premier of every region has autonomous power.

In our Present 'one Nigeria' your talk is not realistic or practical. If you are Tiv and from North Central, how will the entire North adopt you their Presidential slot unless you go beyond the thinking it is about rotation between 6 geo political zones?

As a leader from a minority ethnic group you must accept rotation is between North and South and work internationally to convince the big wigs in the zone you fall in to adopt you.

meaning the Tiv or Idoma who wants to be President, utilising the slot of the North, simply needs to go and strategize, build bridges and offer 'sweeteners' to get his desire. Nothing for him if he begins shouting "it is the turn of North Central".

Nigeria is past that level now. Rotation can only be between North and South, going forward, with gladiators then going to negotiate internally in their North or South zone over who gets the presidential ticket.

You sound very senseless in your efforts to perfect the act of hypocrisy
So nothing is wrong for SW to be president for 10 times and none for SE. That's what fairness looks like in your brains. Fvck off

If muslim muslim ticket did not spell crisis for Nigeria removing Tinubu through election will not.

Let the danger and crisis come since it didn't happen in 2015. It will only happen in a section of the country.

Zionmdde:

You sound very senseless in your efforts to perfect the act of hypocrisy
So nothing is wrong for SW to be president for 10 times and none for SE. That's what fairness looks like in your brains. Fvck off

Mumu, foam at the mouth all you want. After that, look in the mirror to see why Igbo man has not been President. You needlessly caused a civil war. After that, instead of being contrite, you have remained a divisive, hateful and bitter people others are afraid to trust with ultimate power and control over a multi-ethic and multi-religious nation.

Today, despite the civil war you caused, Igbos have plunged Nigeria into another period of armed crisis with the lunacy going on in the SE. You wish to be President but ordinary Igbos, in a stunning show of undemocratic lunacy, shunned elected leaders, with the mandate of the people, to be taking instruction from Kanu, Ekpa, Nworu and co.

Yet you cannot see why your path to the Presidency will be much harder than it is for others because of your own aberrant and condemnable actions you repeat again and again over decades.

If you people are not "men who are not like men", as Bianca Ojukwu stated, you would know the Igbos, instead of demanding the Presidency be handed to them on a platter of Gold, have bridge-building work to do to convince others to support and endorse their Presidential ambition.

Your sense of entitlement is very misguided because it suggests you lot, likes Kanu, are generally too arrogant to note your own anti-nation actions, open ethno-religious discrimination against other and distinct decades long secession-obsessed hatred for the "Zoo" damages your leadership credentials in the eyes of most Nigerians meaning you have a lot of work to do before anyone can view an Igbo man a natural fit for Aso Rock.

There is nothing like North and South

UltraSolid:


Mumu. Can you Igbos( I-Go-Before-other people) ever see beyond your ethnic group? What Igbo "2023 turn"? They are talking rotation of power between North and South and this clown is hinting at Igbo marginalisation as usual as if Igbos must be dashed the southern ticket automatically.

Are Igbos not Southerners and should they not grow the political balls and nous to fight for and win the Southern slot when it is the turn of the South?

Bianca Ojukwu has totally captured the essence of Igbo men like you today. I.e cowards who she views "men who are not like men" and therefore not capable of going toe to toe against others to emerge the victor.

If you like, spend the next 14 years till 2039, when it will be the turn of the south, moaning when you should be strategizing to win the Southern slot. SS man will simply move in and relegate you effeminate losers again to be 2039 President of Nigeria. Shikena. O ti Lo.

UltraSolid:


Mumu, foam at the mouth all you want. After that, look in the mirror to see why Igbo man has not been President. You needlessly caused a civil war. After that, instead of being contrite, you have remained a divisive, hateful and bitter people others are afraid to trust with ultimate power and control over a multi-ethic and multi-religious nation.

Today, despite the civil war you caused, Igbos have plunged Nigeria into another period of armed crisis with the lunacy going on in the SE. You wish to be President but ordinary Igbos, in a stunning show of undemocratic lunacy, shunned elected leaders, with the mandate of the people, to be taking instruction from Kanu, Ekpa, Nworu and co.

Yet you cannot see why your path to the Presidency will be much harder than it is for others because of your own aberrant and condemnable actions you repeat again and again over decades.

If you people are not "men who are not like men", as Bianca Ojukwu stated, you would know the Igbos, instead of demanding the Presidency be handed to them on a platter of Gold, have bridge-building work to do to convince others to support and endorse their Presidential ambition.

Your sense of entitlement is very misguided because it suggests you lot, likes Kanu, are generally too arrogant to note your own anti-nation actions, open ethno-religious discrimination against other and distinct decades long secession-obsessed hatred for the "Zoo" damages your leadership credentials in the eyes of most Nigerians meaning you have a lot of work to do before anyone can view an Igbo man a natural fit for Aso Rock.

The rubbish u are yarning, who asked you? Or is it a crime in your family to have sense?
So all the senseless thing you wrote there is to prove that fairness is when SE is never allowed to produce a president?
For ur info, whether Igbo or yoruba is the president, every body is on the same level and in the same disaster.
In the same vein, if the north wins presidency in 2027, that will be nice too. It's better than talking about the rubbish fairness running through ur brains

Those saying otherwise are the same people that will complain if Federal appointment only favors some part of the Country and neglect others.

Nigerians and hypocrisy are 5&6

ValarDoharis:
There is nothing like North and South

Okay. So what is the reality then? 6 regional blocs rotating the Presidency equitably? Some of you just love being contrarian for the sake of it alone.

Are they feeling insecure already?

Tinubu is the master strategist, so nothing to be afraid of .

Nothing like North and South in presidency.

We have Six geopolitical zones and each and every zone is hustling for their political interest.

You are talking of North and South while we all know SW is the region in power.

No one will fall for that manipulatic statement.

So for his mind, if Northerners plan anything evil for the presidency, SS and SE will team with SW to fight them? even his Edo people will be laughing at him. SW will fight their fight and they should stop involving the whole south.

SW has already isolated themselves from the rest of south with their selfishness and trablistic nature.

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Even if tinubu succeed in wining 2027. They will understand that Nigeria existence is beyond 2031 because no region will ever align or vote for yoruba man again.

Zionmdde:

The rubbish u are yarning, who asked you? Or is it a crime in your family to have sense?
So all the senseless thing you wrote there is to prove that fairness is when SE is never allowed to produce a president?
For ur info, whether Igbo or yoruba is the president, every body is on the same level and in the same disaster.
In the same vein, if the north wins presidency in 2027, that will be nice too. It's better than talking about the rubbish fairness running through ur brains

My friend, comprehension is your issue. Simple point is that Igbos are the last ethnic group to demand "my turn" claim to the Nigerian Presidency.

You lot don't face reality but the truth is that your candidacy cannot be viewed same as that of others who do not have anti-nation radicalism, civil war lunacy, IPOB menace and several other nationally troubling reality as their antecedent.

The Presidency rotates roughly between North and South. When it is the turn of the South, Igbos cannot claim right of first refusal. You are not in the position to demand that. Instead you need to network properly, go on a charm offensive and engage in humble bridge-building.

Otherwise accept that the likes of Yorubas and many ethnicities in the SS will always have advantage over you. Igbos keep insisting Nigeria and the south owes them a Presidential slot whereas since the terrible civil war, that you caused needlessly, you have done nothing to convince Nigerians you are different and no longer murderous expansionist and covetous opportunists looking to dominate others out of a lifelong desire to commandeer the wealth and assets of Nigeria as Azikiwe, Kaduna Nzeogwu etal sought to do.

Instead you only convince discerning Nigerian you have not and cannot change with the IPOB, UGM, ESN, Autopilot etal murderous terrorism you are currently troubling Nigeria with. Yet you continue, year in and year out, to feel you are in the position to blackmail Nigerians to hand you our nations top job when your current behaviour indicate you are the least likely to lead fairly on behalf of all in the "Zoo".

Keep insisting it is your turn. Goodluck to you.

UltraSolid:


My friend, comprehension is your issue. Simple point is that Igbos are the last ethnic group to demand "my turn" claim to the Nigerian Presidency.

You lot don't face reality but the truth is that your candidacy cannot be viewed same as that of others who do not have anti-nation radicalism, civil war lunacy, IPOB menace and several other nationally troubling reality as their antecedent.

The Presidency rotates roughly between North and South. When it is the turn of the South, Igbos cannot claim right of first refusal. You are not in the position to demand that. Instead you need to network properly, go on a charm offensive and engage in humble bridge-building.

Otherwise accept that the likes of Yorubas and many ethnicities in the SS will always have advantage over you. Igbos keep insisting Nigeria and the south owes them a Presidential slot whereas since the terrible civil war, that you caused needlessly, you have done nothing to convince Nigerians you are different and no longer murderous expansionist and covetous opportunists looking to dominate others out of a lifelong desire to commandeer the wealth and assets of Nigeria as Azikiwe, Kaduna Nzeogwu etal sought to do.

Instead you only convince discerning Nigerian you have not and cannot change with the IPOB, UGM, ESN, Autopilot etal murderous terrorism you are currently troubling Nigeria with. Yet you continue, year in and year out, to feel you are in the position to blackmail Nigerians to hand you our nations top job when your current behaviour indicate you are the least likely to lead fairly on behalf of all in the "Zoo".

Keep insisting it is your turn. Goodluck to you.

Oga stop trying to connive with SS

You're selfish and they can never align with you.

Who are the South South ?

Are they a single tribe? Are Igbos not also in South South?

Keep deceiving yourself

UltraSolid:


My friend, comprehension is your issue. Simple point is that Igbos are the last ethnic group to demand "my turn" claim to the Nigerian Presidency.

You lot don't face reality but the truth is that your candidacy cannot be viewed same as that of others who do not have anti-nation radicalism, civil war lunacy, IPOB menace and several other nationally troubling reality as their antecedent.

The Presidency rotates roughly between North and South. When it is the turn of the South, Igbos cannot claim right of first refusal. You are not in the position to demand that. Instead you need to network properly, go on a charm offensive and engage in humble bridge-building.

Otherwise accept that the likes of Yorubas and many ethnicities in the SS will always have advantage over you. Igbos keep insisting Nigeria and the south owes them a Presidential slot whereas since the terrible civil war, that you caused needlessly, you have done nothing to convince Nigerians you are different and no longer murderous expansionist and covetous opportunists looking to dominate others out of a lifelong desire to commandeer the wealth and assets of Nigeria as Azikiwe, Kaduna Nzeogwu etal sought to do.

Instead you only convince discerning Nigerian you have not and cannot change with the IPOB, UGM, ESN, Autopilot etal murderous terrorism you are currently troubling Nigeria with. Yet you continue, year in and year out, to feel you are in the position to blackmail Nigerians to hand you our nations top job when your current behaviour indicate you are the least likely to lead fairly on behalf of all in the "Zoo".

Keep insisting it is your turn. Goodluck to you.

Still talking rubbish. Go sing that rubbish to your dog

It's either it fairly distributed to all geo political zone or anyone from anywhere should get it anytime without hypocritc idiots talking about fairness

T-Pain is OTP, they all know that his time is just 2 years plus. Anything, but BAT.

UltraSolid:


Mumu. Can you Igbos( I-Go-Before-other people) ever see beyond your ethnic group? What Igbo "2023 turn"? They are talking rotation of power between North and South and this clown is hinting at Igbo marginalisation as usual as if Igbos must be dashed the southern ticket automatically.

Are Igbos not Southerners and should they not grow the political balls and nous to fight for and win the Southern slot when it is the turn of the South?

Bianca Ojukwu has totally captured the essence of Igbo men like you today. I.e cowards who she views "men who are not like men" and therefore not capable of going toe to toe against others to emerge the victor.

If you like, spend the next 14 years till 2039, when it will be the turn of the south, moaning when you should be strategizing to win the Southern slot. SS man will simply move in and relegate you effeminate losers again to be 2039 President of Nigeria. Shikena. O ti Lo.

Question is this......Tinubu as a southern president! Has he effectively represented the south?? The answer is clear.......this presidency is A Yoruba presidency! Who cares if Tinubu wins .........Does Tinubu look like someone who can survive rigors of another election?

UltraSolid:


Mumu, foam at the mouth all you want. After that, look in the mirror to see why Igbo man has not been President. You needlessly caused a civil war. After that, instead of being contrite, you have remained a divisive, hateful and bitter people others are afraid to trust with ultimate power and control over a multi-ethic and multi-religious nation.

Today, despite the civil war you caused, Igbos have plunged Nigeria into another period of armed crisis with the lunacy going on in the SE. You wish to be President but ordinary Igbos, in a stunning show of undemocratic lunacy, shunned elected leaders, with the mandate of the people, to be taking instruction from Kanu, Ekpa, Nworu and co.

Yet you cannot see why your path to the Presidency will be much harder than it is for others because of your own aberrant and condemnable actions you repeat again and again over decades.

If you people are not "men who are not like men", as Bianca Ojukwu stated, you would know the Igbos, instead of demanding the Presidency be handed to them on a platter of Gold, have bridge-building work to do to convince others to support and endorse their Presidential ambition.

Your sense of entitlement is very misguided because it suggests you lot, likes Kanu, are generally too arrogant to note your own anti-nation actions, open ethno-religious discrimination against other and distinct decades long secession-obsessed hatred for the "Zoo" damages your leadership credentials in the eyes of most Nigerians meaning you have a lot of work to do before anyone can view an Igbo man a natural fit for Aso Rock.

We needlessly caused a civil war? As how? No be Gowon attack Biafra.......after Britain egged him on! Same Gowon broke a Aburi peace agreement after Ojukwu conceded the head of state position to him in so far the regions had autonomy! The same autonomy yoruba ojota fake activists have been fighting for ! Una no dey serious at all!

Bendeco02:
Are they feeling insecure already?

Tinubu is the master strategist, so nothing to be afraid of .

Nothing like North and South in presidency.

We have Six geopolitical zones and each and every zone is hustling for their political interest.

You are talking of North and South while we all know SW is the region in power.

No one will fall for that manipulatic statement.

So for his mind, if Northerners plan anything evil for the presidency, SS and SE will team with SW to fight them? even his Edo people will be laughing at him. SW will fight their fight and they should stop involving the whole south.

SW has already isolated themselves from the rest of south with their selfishness and trablistic nature.

Even if tinubu succeed in wining 2027. They will understand that Nigeria existence is beyond 2031 because no region will ever align or vote for yoruba man again.

Lol. Olodo. SW, by far, is the lifeblood of Nigeria. No denial of that fact, or argument against it, possible. It is the simple and factual truth. Also, the Yorubas know their worth and how to be rebelliously effective, and get their ways, because of their clout and status in Nigeria.

Unlike second class 'Nzogbu Nzogbu' noisemaking Igbos who have fought for seccession for over 50 years yet only have the current pathetic situation of Igbos killing themselves in the SE as the cumulative result of a six decades-long futile agitation for self-rule.

Contrast with Yorubas. Fela did not ask any Igbo, Tiv, Efik or other to fight alongside him when he began standing against FG oppression. Ditto Soyinka and so many others. While Yorubas fought Abacha valiantly, Obi was working for him and Daniel Kanu was marching for the dictator.

Even during the Fulani herdsmen murderous menace under Buhari, only recently, it was Yoruba leaders that stood up to be counted while all else hid including your cowardly Igbo leaders. Are we now supposed to be scared of your nonsense claim that "no region will ever align or vote for yoruba man again"?

Try to keep up olodo. Watch what the Yorubas are working for (see image below) to note they are not planning to be slaves of Nigerian central administration for much longer. Nothing and no one will stop Yorubas march towards the inevitable future even if you backwards olodo wnst to remain in the past.

Eboofa:




We needlessly caused a civil war? As how? No be Gowon attack Biafra.......after Britain egged him on! Same Gowon broke a Aburi peace agreement after Ojukwu conceded the head of state position to him in so far the regions had autonomy! The same autonomy yoruba ojota fake activists have been fighting for ! Una no dey serious at all!

Abeg who declared Biafra and what is the position of the Nigerian constitution, in crystal clear instructions, about secession? Even till today we see, with IPOB lunacy, the perennial lawlessness in Igbos and their obsession with forcing issues that are clearly outlawed by the constitutions and laws of a land. See second image below.

Confirmation of the fact that you violent and lawless people will never change. Look below at what the law-abiding Yorubas, mindful of the explicitly clear position of the Nigerian constitution on secession, are agitating for while the lunatic Kanu continues to insist he can agitate for secession and Biafra.

You people are jokers. You are indoctrinated from birth to be lawless and to disregard the laws of a society because, like Kanu, you feel laws are made for others and not you.

UltraSolid:


Abeg who declared Biafra and what is the position of the Nigerian constitution, in crystal clear instructions, about secession? Even till today we see, with IPOB lunacy, the perennial lawlessness in Igbos and their obsession with forcing issues that are clearly outlawed by the constitutions and laws of a land. See second image below.

Confirmation of the fact that you violent and lawless people will never change. Look below at what the law-abiding Yorubas, mindful of the explicitly clear position of the Nigerian constitution on secession, are agitating for while the lunatic Kanu continues to insist he can agitate for secession and Biafra.

You people are jokers. You are indoctrinated from birth to be lawless and to disregard the laws of a society because, like Kanu, you feel laws are made for others and not you.

Is that all?

Bendeco02:


Oga stop trying to connive with SS

You're selfish and they can never align with you.

Who are the South South ?

Are they a single tribe? Are Igbos not also in South South?

Keep deceiving yourself

Dummy. You are the one famzing the SS. I am just making a statement of fact which is that an Akpabio or Oshiomhole, for example, will become President ahead of Peter Obi when next it is the turn of the South and never mind that GEJ was President 2010 to 2015 while Igbos have been waiting forever to be President.

When they show you facts and reality, indicating how things will pan out, keep flip-flopping and throwing tantrums like a brattish child. Reality is waiting to confront you in future.

Evn tho I'm not pro Tinubu,but it's getting obvious that other tribes are ganging against Yorubas and Tinubu. So it's now to your tent oh Israel.
This country shud just be balkanized. Nigeria will never ever work. We are too different