2027: Don’t Insist on Northern Presidency, Yari Tells Northerners

The Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council , Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has urged Northerners not to insist on retaining the presidency in 2027, saying political power must rotate between the North and South for the sake of national unity.
Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, made the call while speaking with journalists in Kano on Sunday, stressing that Nigeria belonged to all its citizens and should not be treated as the exclusive preserve of any region.
He said the North had governed Nigeria for several years since independence and should therefore understand the need to give other parts of the country an opportunity to lead.
The APC chieftain said the numerical...