….Advises Atiku not to contest in 2027
Controversial chieftain of the NNPP, Buba Galadima, has declared that Nigerians must reject the zoning culture being introduced into the nation’s democracy by political parties and regional interests.
This is even as he counselled former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to abandon any plans to contest the 2027 presidential election. Instead, he suggested Atiku should either anoint a unifying figure to lead his political structure or consider promoting his own son to advance his political legacy.
He made the assertion in an interview with the Punch newspaper, in which he dismissed question on zoning.
According to Galadima: “I don’t discuss the North and I don’t discuss the South when I speak on democracy. Okay. If Tinubu is finishing and has done well, and Nigerians decide to vote for Seyi Tinubu, I have no grudge, provided there is a free and fair election.
“I have no grudge because that is democracy. And anybody who tells you there is any understanding or agreement between the North and South, tell him he’s a liar. And he doesn’t understand what democracy is. He doesn’t understand what politics is.
“That is why I want anyone to volunteer to tell me about one person who sat with another person from another part of the country to discuss the gentleman’s agreement. I want that person, please, just one. As far as I am concerned, I am talking about democracy, I am not talking about North and South”.
On Atiku’s 2027 ambition, he said: “Also, I think Atiku should not contest in the 2027 election, this is my personal view. For me I could have thought that people have been supporting him since 1992, which is 33 years ago. It is also now time for him to support other people from whichever region he thinks is the best candidate for the job is from. I am not implying about North or South; other people supported him. He’s now getting old, and he would not be as sharp as expected.
“So, for me, Atiku should rest and anoint somebody who can even unify his political family structure, or he can promote his son for progress. Yes, if he is qualified. He is a Nigerian. Or is there anything that stops his son from becoming president? What they are doing with El-Rufai and the SDP will be an exercise in futility. El-Rufai is not a good salesman whose face you should put forward in the scheme of things”.
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