2027: Akume Berates Atiku, Says Former VP’s Presidential Ambition Could Hurt North’s Interests.
The former governor of Benue State described the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a pretender and warned that the move could undermine the collective political interests of Northern Nigeria.
Akume spoke yesterday in Kaduna with gloves in his hands, at a pre-campaign meeting with Benue State indigenes resident in the state.
He urged northerners to rally behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, insisting that the region should wait until 2031 before seeking to return to the presidency.
The SGF argued that individual presidential ambitions should not be allowed to disrupt the power-rotation arrangement between the North and South, which he said had helped sustain Nigeria’s unity and territorial integrity. “Anybody who is from the North and running for the presidency is an enemy of the North. Don’t allow that pretender to deceive you. Do not allow anyone to destroy the country because of a vaunting personal ambition,” he said.
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