2027: Atiku's breach of zoning fueling political tension in North - Osita Okechukwu

Former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, has expressed concern that the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s breach of zoning is fueling political tensions in Northern Nigeria and, by extension, nationwide. Okechukwu said Atiku's action has vindicated advocates of Nigeria’s power-rotation and zoning convention. In a statement he signed, Okechukwu appealed to Northerners to avoid the danger of ethno-identity politics over the ambition of one man and his cohorts, noting that countries like Sudan are yet to recover from ethnic rivalry. "The South, he quipped, has other ...