The Digest:
A northern group has affirmed that the presidency must remain in the southern part of the country for the 2027 election. The Northern Bridge Builders Forum, during a visit to Afenifere leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure, stated that supporting another northern candidate would lack conscience, given the region's recent eight-year tenure under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Key Points:
- The Northern Bridge Builders Forum says the presidency must remain in the South in 2027.
- The group argued it would be unconscionable for the North to produce the next president after its eight-year tenure.
- They declared support for President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid.
- The delegation was led by Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya from Taraba State.
- The group praised Tinubu's economic policies and described his leadership as sacrificial.
- Afenifere leader Oba Olu Falae commended the visit as an act of bridge-building.
- He emphasized that every ethnic nationality in Nigeria has a right to the country's offerings.
Sources: Leadership Newspapers
