The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has
rubbished claims that the North has four more years after President Muhammadu
Buhari’s tenure.
Afenifere’s spokesman, Jare Ajayi, who described the claim
as illogic, insisted that such cannot stand the test of time.
Speaking with Dailypost, Ajayi maintained that the North
has ruled Nigeria more than any other region.
Recall that the National President of the Arewa Youth
Consultative Forum, AYCF, Yerima Shettima, had said the North still has an
outstanding tenure after Buhari’s dispensation.
Yerima had opined that former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo
and Goodluck Jonathan ruled Nigeria for 14 years in favour of the South, while
late Musa Yar’Adua and Buhari would have ruled for 10 years in 2023, hence the
North has an outstanding four years.
Reacting, Ajayi said it would be fair that other parts of
the country are allowed to produce a president.
According to Ajayi: “It’s interesting that the Northern
youths can make such a remark but let me make it clear that we in Afenifere
believe in merit and the fact that whoever holds any political office in
Nigeria should be fair, just, and govern well.
“Where this occurs, people won’t mind that much as to where
the leader comes from but in Nigeria, it’s always a case of the people from the
region or area where the man in charge comes from who benefit more.
“That is why it’s always a thing of it’s our turn; if
unfortunately, that has not changed, it then means that such must continue.
“It’s only fair that if power resides in a particular region
for eight years, it should shift to another region. Well, one can understand
the sentiment expressed by the Northern youths that they still have four years.
“But if you take it from 1960 when Nigeria gained
independence till now, the number of times that people of Northern extraction
have been in power is much more than that of the South.
“The sentiment expressed by the Northern youths is illogic
and from historical facts of Nigeria, it can’t stand the test of time because
the North has ruled more than the South.”
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