Who Cares About The Kaduna Pact?

Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), was clearly flying a kite when he invoked an alleged North-South power-rotation pact to argue that no northerner should contest the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking to supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s zonal rally in Lafia last week, Akume said the North and South agreed in 1999 to rotate the presidency between them.
“I want us to consider one thing – that we agreed in Kaduna in 1999 to ensure that power rotates between the North and the South – eight years in the South and eight in the North. In 2031, northerners can field over 1,000 candidates. So, anyone from the Nor...