2027 Presidential Election: North Should Wait Till 2031-Ex-Senator Shehu Sanni

Though the constitution guarantees every Nigerian the right to contest elections and anybody from any of the regions can contest, those seeking to become the nation’s number one citizen from the north should however keep this in abeyance and only join the presidential race in 2031, former senator Shehu Sani, has submitted.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the former senator ,who said this while talking to journalists on Thursday, submitted that only candidates from the south should join the 2027 presidential race.

‘From my point of view, the issue of the 2027 presidential  election should be left for the South to contest; whether it is President Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi or ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. And then, the North now has the legitimate right to contest and be allowed to produce the president in 2031’  he said.

 Sani however said  it will be fair for the North to support President Bola Tinubu.

‘Asiwaju (Tinubu) is a product of the North and is reciprocal for what he has also done for northern Nigeria. Buhari had contested for the presidency for so long a time but it was only when he allied with Tinubu that he emerged.

So, Tinubu stood for the North at a time that they needed him most and it is time for them (the North) to stand for him. After all, when he is done, the north will now have the opportunity to produce a president from the North-East, North-West or North-central’ he  submitted while urging the president to focus on good governance, address insecurity, poverty, and education in the North in order to make him win re-election in 2027.

The former federal lawmaker however clarified and asserted that President  Tinubu can win re-election in 2027 without the full support of the North, citing his victory in the 2023 presidential  election despite not winning in key northern states like Kaduna, Kano and Adamawa.

‘The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees that every Nigerian can contest election. Any region can contest the election. That’s what the Constitution says.

I believe that the 2027 election should be left for the South to contest. And then the North will now have the legitimate right to contest and be allowed to produce the president in 2031.

It is in the interest of national unity and peace that southern Nigeria be allowed to complete their eight years in office and then it will rotate back to the north in 2031.

 The desperation to return to power in 2027 by some northern political elites is not in the interest of the North but simply for personal reasons, having some of them getting schemed out.

I believe that he will get re-elected. The resentment against Asiwaju (Tinubu) from the north now stems from the fact of the economic situation we are facing in the country, and I believe that if that issue is addressed, he will still regain those who he had lost’ Sanni said-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you