I have listened closely to the endless debates regarding the North’s role in determining electoral outcomes at the presidential elections. The perspectives are divergent, but none can be dismissed. The North delivers decisive bloc votes, and that is the reality. But in the north, there are three classes of influencers: those who have political value, those who have street value, and those who have religious value.
Historically, several examples explain the trend. This was why the late former President Muhammadu Buhari always secured a steady number of bloc votes from the region throughout his election contests. I have made a strong assertion in this statement. There might be other contr...
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Tinubu And The North
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