Northern elders have alleged that
the late President Musa Yar’Adua and President Muhammadu Buhari were imposed on
the region by external forces and interest.
They, however, threatened to
resist another attempt to impose another candidate, come 2019.
This position was made when they
met in Abuja to decide on a consensus candidate for 2019.
Speaking at the event, convener
and one of the stakeholders, Bello Muhammed also faulted the failure of
Buhari’s government in the area of killings, ethno-religious divisions,
nepotism and blatant disregard to some sections of the country’s constitution.
According to Mohammed, “After due
consideration of current political situation in the country, it becomes highly
expedient to convene a conversation of critical Northern Elders and
stakeholders to deliberate on the best way forward for the region.
“From what is apparent in the
political arena today, it is clear that the major political operators have
agreed that in the forthcoming 2019 general elections, it is the turn of the
North to produce the president.
“And what we can see in the
political arena, is that most political operators have agreed that the
political leadership of our country should be zoned to the North according to
our Constitution with regards to zoning and rotation.
“But from what we have seen
earlier, it has always been zoned to the North but the decision on what to do
and who to be has never been a Northern decision. What we observed is that the
same trend is starting now. We have seen all kinds of movements coming up.
“If you look at what is happening
now and remember what happened when it was the time of the North to produce
president, President Umaru Yar’Adua of blessed memory was produced but was he
really a Northern choice? At the end of the day, Yar’Adua had mishap and lost
his life in the process and somebody else was also chosen, his Vice President.
“We knew the struggle that went
on when it was decided that the presidency should leave the North. It wasn’t
the northerners who decided that the Presidency should leave the North. We had
to follow the bandwagon.
“The same thing happened in
2015,the North voted for the northern candidate but the decision on who should
be the candidate wasn’t a northern decision. What we want is that this time
around, let us have the opportunity to come together so that whatever is decided
for the North, it is the Northern leaders who decide it and then we get support
from other regions.
“If we are able to do that,then
we should be able to produce a leadership for this country that would be just,
equitable and lead us to nation’s development which is eluding us. That is the
reason why we are here.”
Similarly, the elders had
disclosed plan to work towards promoting Northern unity ahead of 2019
presidential election.
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