Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday said that the Southern part of the country is more interested in restructuring than 2023 Presidency.
Fani-Kayode made the remark in response to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s comment that the Southern part of the country should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s next President.
El-Rufai had suggested that the Southern part of the country should be allowed to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023.
The Governor, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had said that the North has no reason to hold onto power at the end of Buhari’s second tenure.
“But as a group, the Northern APC will have to sit down and endorse someone, most likely someone from the South, because after eight years of Buhari, I don’t think the Presidency should remain in the north unless there is some extenuating circumstances. But all things being equal, we will honour our agreement and we keep our words,” El-Rufai had said.
However, the former Minister insisted that the Southern part of the country was interested in their freedom.
In a tweet, he described Nigeria’s Presidency as “accursed.”
“To those that seek to appease us by saying that they may concede the Presidency to the South in 2023 I say this. The South is more interested in restructuring or outright independence than the Presidency. Give us our freedom and keep your accursed Presidency,” he tweeted.
