BREAKING: Telling Atiku, Northern Political Bigwigs To Wait Till After Tinubu Will Still Shortchange North – Atiku’s Aide Faults Akume

The spokesperson of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has replied to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, over a statement to his principal and political bigwigs in North......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>

Sharpnews.ng reported that Akume, who spoke on Sunday while featuring on a TVC programme, advised Atiku and other northern political bigwigs to shelve the ambition of contesting for the 2027 presidency and wait till 2031.

Akume said it is still the turn of the South to produce a president in 2027, stressing that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would complete his second term.

Reacting via a post on X, Atiku’s aide noted that the North was still shortchanged by six years of power rotation.

Ibe added that Tinubu has not shown he deserves a second term in office; however, his fate lies with Nigerians.

He wrote, “Where, then, does true equity and fairness reside? By the year 2027, the South will have enjoyed 17 years of leadership — eight years under Obasanjo, five years under Jonathan, and four years under Tinubu — while the North will have experienced only 11 years, with Yar’Adua serving three and Buhari eight. This results in a disparity of six years between the North and South, casting a shadow over the balance of power.

“In any case, the power to elect and vote out their government lies firmly with the Nigerian people, entrusted to them upon the government’s ability to prove itself worthy of the people’s ballot. But has the Tinubu government demonstrated that it deserves to be re-elected? The answer, alas, is as clear as the heavens themselves — God forbid!”