Leaders of thoughts, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC Northern governors for their support for the rotation of the presidency to the South in 2023.
According to the leaders, the decision by the Governors that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come 2023 was highly commendable, just as they called on Southern APC presidential aspirants to close ranks, as suggested by President Buhari and present a credible consensus candidate that we will represent and protect the interest of all Nigerians.
The leaders of the South-South, Afenifere, Middle- Belt, Ndi- Igbo (Ohaneaze, Pan-Niger Delta had asked the APC and the PDP in particular not to violate its own constitution,) had also firmly reiterated their position on the principle of zoning and Power Rotation between the North and the South, as the basis on which the Nigerian Federation has, since Independence, been premised.
In a statement, Sunday, in Abuja, leaders of the SMBLF stressed that the decision of the APC northern leaders to back the emergence of a presidential candidate of the party from the southern part of the country was a remarkable development and would fetch a huge relief to well-meaning Nigerians especially from the needless political theatrics, adding that they totally endorse the conclusions of the governors.
