Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, has stated that the North cannot dictate who becomes Nigeria’s president.
Adebanjo made the announcement in Lagos on Monday.
He also criticized calls for the Southeast to negotiate for Nigeria’s president.
The Afenifere leader stated that the Southeast has the right to produce Nigeria’s president without having to beg any other region.
Adebanjo also dismissed claims that the North has the population to choose Nigeria’s president.
According to Adebanjo: “What right has the North to dictate who will become our president?
“It was said that the South-East must come to negotiate with the North because politics is a game of numbers.
“My case is – and I told people yesterday – the case for the East is not to beg for a favour; it is their right.
“Yet, each time I hear that they should go around because the North has the population, what fraudulent population? You can’t sell that to me.”
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