A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Mr. Salihu Tanko Yakasai, has said the current mood and workings of the party do not indicate the APC is planning to zone its 2023 presidential ticket to Southeast.
Yakasai, who was sacked by Governor Ganduje earlier in the year for speaking up against insecurity in the country added that he believes the ticket would be given to Southwest region or the Southsouth.
Recently, the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) had resolved that the next president of the country should come from the South.
Meanwhile, Yakasai, while noting that the APC would zone the presidency to the South said there are no indications that the flagbrearer of the party would come from the Southeast.
According to him, the Southeast lacks the numbers and has not projected a common front needed to produce a Nigerian president.
Yakasai stated this during an interview session with Arise TV.
In his words, “As far as I am concerned, I have not seen any indication that the APC is going to field any candidate from the Southeast and I don’t think that is going to happen.
“Even if Southwest does not get it, to be honest, I don’t see the APC giving it to anybody from the Southeast, maybe the South-South but definitely not the Southeast.
“In the Southeast, they keep agitating individually but they have not come together collectively to show a unified front to the rest of the country that they are indeed ready for this presidency. There is no unity among the governors, there is no unity among the political elite and there is no unity among the followers. And unfortunately for them, they do not have the numbers, which means that they need the support of one or two regions.”
