A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has stated that former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will pay dearly for challenging the rotation of presidency between the North and South.
Naijaonpoint recalls that Atiku’s decision to contest the 2023 election contributed to the crisis in the PDP, as many bigwigs at the time faulted him, saying it was the turn of the South to produce a president after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year tenure.
Similarly, Atiku, a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, is reportedly aspiring to contest the 2027 election against President Bola Tinubu.
In a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Joe Igbokwe claimed that Atiku is violating the principle of rotational presidency by aspiring to contest against a southerner in 2027.
According to Igbokwe, Atiku is aware that the South has eight years after late Buhari’s tenure.
Igbokwe declared that Atiku may never be elected as Nigerian President till the end of age.
He wrote, “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will pay dearly for challenging the rotation of Presidency between Northern and Southern Nigeria even when he knew quite well that Southern Nigeria will rule for 8 years.
“Going by the political calculations in the landscape he may never have access to Aso Villa as President till the end of age. I want Nigerians to take mental notice of this.”
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