Ben Ezechime, Enugu
Public Affairs analyst, Dr Ambrose Igboke, has advised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to preserve the unwritten agreement by the country’s Political elites on the rotation of power between the South and North.
He said this, while featuring in a Channel’s Television Newspaper review programme.
Igboke, who is the Chairman of Guild of Public Affairs Analysts, Enugu State chapter said that Atiku’s 2027 Presidential ambition was a threat to the power rotation principle.
According to him, Atiku tried it in 2023 general election after the late General Muhammad Buhari from the North completed eight years of two terms.
He said that as a former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and an elder statesman, Atiku should maintain his status and allow the South to complete their tenure,
“Through elite consensus, Nigeria has rotated the President’s position between the North and South of the country.
“This has worked and ensured harmony of political transitions.
“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar should be patriotic enough and not use his personal ambition to truncate this political harmony,” Igboke said.
He urged the former vice president to support the emergence of Mr Peter Obi to complete the South’s tenure come 2027, if he is really interested in a peaceful change.
The analyst blamed Nigeria’s woes on high level of corruption among political elites, adding that this was due to their access huge funds.
“Public officers in Nigeria have access to huge funds hence the continuous looting,” he said.
He called for reconfiguration of the entire political architecture of the country.
