Professor Ango Abdullahi, the chairman of Northern Elders Forum, has stated that it is not wrong for the North to keep power for 100 years because democracy is a game of numbers, Daily Sun reports.
He added that since the Northern region has the numerical advantage to achieve it, then it can go ahead.
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When quizzed on the zoning arrangement, he further said that the constitution does not recognize zoning arrangement adding that it is only a political arrangement.
His words:
“Zoning has no place or ground in the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. It was a political party affair based on the willingness and agreement of members. No party has that arrangement except PDP. “81% of Buhari votes in 2015 and 2019 came from the north. Though I am not a card-carrying member of any political party, I am not sure whether APC has any arrangement like this.
Elders who should speak words that calm nerves are the one making divisive statements. What a shame