A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says the death of former President Umar Yar’adua caused the confusion over power rotation between Nigeria’s North and South.
He added that giving the 2027 presidential ticket to the South is the only way to end the argument.
Kwankwaso said this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, defending the NDC’s decision to zone the presidency to the South.
“We believe the best way to go now is to take it to the south so that we can eliminate the confusion, the confusion that emanated from the death of our brother, our friend, Umar Musa Yar’adua. That actually introduced the confusion into the system,” he said.
Yar’adua, a northerner, died in office in May 2010 after a long illness, having served less than one full term.
His deputy, Goodluck Jonathan from the South, finished the term and went on to win a full term of his own in 2011.
Kwankwaso admitted that people calculated the zoning question differently depending on where they started counting.
