North Has No Business Contesting 2027 Presidential Election - Gov Fintiri

By Adesina Soyooye 

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has said that no Northerner has any business contesting for the office of the President in 2027.

For Fintiri who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, it is only fair that the Presidency  remains in the South till 2031.

He said that the South deserves to complete eight years in the Presidential office in line with Nigeria’s long-standing power-sharing understanding.

The Governor who spoke Tuesday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, admitted that  although zoning was not provided for in the constitution, for national unity, it should be adhered to.

“A Northerner has no business, at the moment, to vie for the office of the president,” Fintiri said.

“It is the South’s turn; they should complete their eight years if we are really serious about this country and leadership,” he added.

For tye records, Atiku Abubakar, a Presidential aspirant under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is from Adamawa, and is Fintiri’s political godfather. 

It seems, however, that their relationship has soured. Abba, one of Atiku’s sons, Abba, on Monday, resigned from Fintiri’s Cabinet. Until that resignation, he was the Commissioner for Works.

Speaking on his relationship with the former Vice-President, Fintiri said it remains cordial even with his defection to the APC.

He said it did not affect their personal relationship.

“There is nothing that has gone bad. It is just that everybody has taken their political ways, and I am today in APC, they are in another party.”