"If PDP Picks A Northern Candidate For The 2023 Elections, The North Will Rule For Another 8 years" - Doyin Okupe
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Apr 16, 2021
Okupe in a Twitter thread on Thursday said if a Northern president emerges as President after Buhari's tenure then it is possible for the north to rule Nigeria forever.
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Doyin Okupe, a Senior Special Assistant to former President, Goodluck Jonathan has given reasons why the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must zone the presidency to the South in the 2023 Presidential elections.
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Okupe in a Twitter thread on Thursday said if a Northern president emerges as Presi dent after Buhari's tenure then it is possible for the north to rule Nigeria forever.
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His tweets read: "If PDP picks a Northern candidate for the 2023 elections and because the Nigerian electorates are still largely parochial, that candidate wins at the general elections, then the north will rule for another 8 years, making it 16 years at a stretch.
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"If this type of ÔÇØ clever political manoeuvering,ÔÇØ is employed to alternate northern candidates between political parties, then it is possible for the north to rule the country in perpetuity.ÔÇØ
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Okupe further proposed the adoption of a policy concession in order to satisfy the South West region for a South West president to emerge.
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"There is no doubt that what I am proposing is a form of political concession. But this is not strange in our political system and history.
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"To assuage the SW in 1999 after Abiola's unfortunate death, a national consensus was adopted to ensure the emergence of a southwest President.ÔÇØ
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He urged the PDP to adopt zoning the presidency to the South and not be insensitive to the plight of the Southerners who are yet to produce an elected President.
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Okupe stressed that the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria can only be achieved on fairness and equity.
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" Therefore for the purpose of equity, fairness and continued unity of the country, our party the PDP must categorically zone the presidency to the south.
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" To do otherwise is to exploit political crass opportunism which will be insensitive to the current feeling among most self respecting southerners in the country.
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"It is an undeniable fact that cannot be ignored that a zone in the south is yet to produce an elected president.
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" The unity and continued peaceful coexistence of our nation can only be predicated on the time tested principle of equity, fairness and justice,ÔÇØ Okupe tweeted.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi