Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday made a subtle case
for other geo- political zones to produce Nigeria’s President in the interest
of justice and fairness.
Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the South East
region is yet to produce the country’s President, while the Southwest, North
and minority South – South have had shots at the Presidency at different times.
But Obasanjo said it was his
personal view that the South East
people deserve to produce the country’s President just as the Ogun West
Senatorial District in his home state should be given the opportunity to
produce the state Governor.
The ex- President spoke when the leadership of the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ogun State chapter, led by Bishop Tunde – Akin
Akinsanya visited him at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta for a special New
Year service.
He noted that injustice and marginalisation are the instigators of
conflicts along ethnic and regional lines in the country.
Obasanjo said it was his desire for a just and fair country that informed why
he worked for the emergence of a South-South President in 2011.
“Irrespective of the thinking of the
people ahead of 2019, I personally think that South-East should have a go at the
Presidency too.
“The same is happening here. If Ijebu and
Egba have produced the Governor, it is only fair and just to allow the Yewa or
Ogun West to also produce governor. Or else, one day, they will also stand up
and take up arms against this injustice against them. That is my personally
position on this,” the ex- President said
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