The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has expressed disappointment over the recent statements made by Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on the issue of zoning of the 2023 presidency, saying the governor has no right to threaten anybody.
Leader of the Northern Youth Coalition, Yerima Shetimma in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT on Sunday said nobody can force anybody to implement zoning as Akeredolu has been threatening in his recent interviews.
 
Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum had said any political party that fields a northern candidate for presidency in 2023 risks losing the support of southerners.
 
He argued that when the President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, completes his second term in 2023, the next president should come from the South.

According to him , “There are about three political parties that are in the Southern Governors’ Forum, we have the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. All of us are unanimous in our position that the next president of this country must come from the South.

“For us, we are unanimous. It (the forum) is not a political platform. I believe that any party that picks somebody from the North would have to face the whole southern region because they will not support it”.

“It has to come from the South. We are saying that there must be what I will call rotation. The justice of it and the fairness in it are what we are preaching. If my president – President Buhari — has been in office for eight years, it can’t be from the North. The next president must come from the South.”
 
However, kicking against Akeredolu’s position, Shetimma said “Nobody can force anybody to implement zoning. It is unfortunate that you have a lawyer, who is supposed to be a learned person, who is a governor. The language he is using is very disappointing”.

“I am talking about the governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu. He cannot tell anybody that it is a must that they zone. We are practicing democracy and nobody can impose his wish on others”.

mrvitalis:
The only reason north has this mouth is because south west is showing interest ...if the whole south agree to zone it to south east as equity and justice demands them no born north well


As it stands now north has the edge

South west getting presidency is only hanged on north supporting them reason igbos are checkmating that via zoning PDP to the north

Give APC ticket to and Igbo man watch us move to APC

North can offer igbos vice what can south west offer ? Since they claim politics is about interest

LegendHero:


@the bolded, at least you know the SW is showing interest.

Question:
Who in the SE is serious about showing interest and building base whether in PDP or APC?

In PDP, the new trending thing is that even the VP will be allocated to the SS while in APC Umahi doesn’t even have the structure to win SE delegate in primaries let alone National delegates.

mrvitalis:

Who has shown interest in south west oya name one

What has tinubu osibanjo done for 2023 that orji kalu has not done oya tell me

Hypocrisy to the highest level

LegendHero:


Lol. Asking me who have shown interest in the SW. This one loud o.

valentineuwakwe:
Zoning has been there all along, even the a st two elections in 2015 and 2019 confirm this..am just surprise most northerners are kicking against zoning and saying politics of numbers. Should we tell ourselves the truth, isnthe north bigger than the south in terms of population and voting strength? Let us use electronic voting and see this huge population they are claiming.....
How can you rule for 8 years and still sing democracy for all when you don't want the south to rule...well 2022 will be Nigeria boiling point...

mrvitalis:

Answer the question na una and this hypocrisy

Name one na ...for each one u name I would name 2 from south east I dare you

LegendHero:


Tinubu alone is a bigger name than any known human in the SE.

He got his campaign organizers Swagga, he got the dailies talking about it almost daily and yet you’re here asking me jargons question.

Who in the SE can summon the courage to contest the primarily election with at least 50% success rate among your SE guys either in APC or PDP? Tell me one!

mrvitalis:

LMAO when orji kalu started building northern alliance tinubu was still playing local politics

Don't let Media play you ...tinubu is not bigger than kanu in any way you look at it ...don't play yourself ooh

mrvitalis:
The only reason north has this mouth is because south west is showing interest ...if the whole south agree to zone it to south east as equity and justice demands them no born north well


As it stands now north has the edge

South west getting presidency is only hanged on north supporting them reason igbos are checkmating that via zoning PDP to the north

Give APC ticket to and Igbo man watch us move to APC

North can offer igbos vice what can south west offer ? Since they claim politics is about interest

Fahdiga:
But northern leaders can talk to the south anyhow they deem fit without minding their utterances. Only in a country ruled by a terrorist will terrorists be converging openly and issuing statements without being arrested. Fools

mrvitalis:

LMAO when orji kalu started building northern alliance tinubu was still playing local politics

Don't let Media play you ...tinubu is not bigger than kanu in any way you look at it ...don't play yourself ooh