EXCITING NEWS: TNG WhatsApp Channel is LIVE…
Subscribe for FREE to get LIVE NEWS UPDATE. Click here to subscribe!
The Northern Interests Coalition has accused Governors from the region who support power to shift to the south of treachery.
The group therefore faulted the 10 Northern APC governors who threw their weight behind power returning to the South in 2023 after a meeting on Saturday.
The APC Northern Governors Forum had backed the South to produce the next president of Nigeria at a meeting on Saturday.
Chairman of the Northern Interests Coalition, Malam Umar Gazali, said in a statement that people in the North have rejected the decision of the governors for betraying them.
ALSO READ: Banditry: Northern governors thrilled over deployment of Super Tucano fighter jets
Gazali accused the governors of conspiring against the North for their selfish interests.
“It has come to our notice the desperate activities of some Northern governors who, because of their selfish interests to emerge as Vice President, decided to pressure President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse a Southern presidential candidate for the APC.
“This is a direct assault against Northern interests and these governors must be stopped fast.
“After power has been in the South that produced president for 14 years and Vice President for 11 years which is cumulatively 25 years. It is not only unjust but also unjustifiable that our governors will be conspiring against the North to lose power after only 8 years of the Buhari presidency.
“The only thing is that we advise the governors allegedly involved in this evil plot to desist immediately. The president must not only ignore them but refuse to be confused by these betrayers of the North.
“The eleven Northern Governors have betrayed the North for their selfish interests. We condemn their actions in the strongest possible terms and once again we urge the president to ignore them completely.
“This is not a mere allegation. The statement made by these eleven betrayers of Northern interests in this respect is in the public domain as released and signed by them recommending to the president that the search for his successor be limited to the South.
“This is undemocratic and injurious to the interests of the North and must not be allowed to stand,” the group stressed.
Governors Zulum of Borno, Masari of Katsina, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, Sule Abdullahi of Nasarawa State, Babagana Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Solomon Lalong of Plateau, Abubakar Bello of Niger, Muhammad Inuwa of Gombe, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi and former Governor of Sokoto, Aliyu Wamako are members of Northern Governors Forum.
Advertisement