Former
spokesperson on Public Affairs to ex -President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr.
Doyin Okupe hinted that the North may rule Nigeria forever.
He
stated this in a reaction to the Acting Chairman of Arewa Consultative
Forum (ACF), Alhaji Musa Liman Kwande, that Northerners would vote for a
presidential candidate from the region in 2023.
In
a post on his Facebook page, the former Presidential spokesperson noted
that lack of unity among Southern politicians would create a platform
for the North to continue ruling Nigeria. Okupe explained that the
inability of states in the south to unite irrespective of their
differences presents the North the opportunity to rule Nigeria “for
perpetuity.”
He
wrote: “The Chairman of the Arewa Forum recently declared that in 2023
the North will vote for a Northern candidate irrespective of political
party considerations. Many southerners are upset at this audacity and
blame it on the failure of southern politicians to form a political
united front.
“Truth
and reality is that the south cannot easily be united. The odds favour
the North. North West the highest voting population is virtually
homogeneous. The North East though may differ in tongue and to some
extent culturally, still will always find common ground with the NW
based on religion and language.
“The technical buffer zone the North Central is largely disparate essentially haven little in common.
“The
south – South-South, South West and South East – are majorly distinct
sub-nationalities with the exception of SS which like NC, are
stand-alone tribes or clusters of nationalities.
“A
Yoruba presidency has little or no direct benefit to a Delta indigene
from Warri, or Izon from Yenagoa, or an Ibo man from Umuahia. So, even
if the leadership of the South can spin off a semblance of political
unity, it will be difficult to translate it into votes by the local
electorates.
“In truth, it is actually unfair to expect such unity as may be found among the Northern political elites.
“Nigeria,
therefore, as politically constituted and with the adopted political
format is intrinsically inequitable and not sustainable. The North can,
in theory, exploit the present situation and rule in perpetuity, but how
long it can hold the nation-state together, will be the major
challenge.
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