During a recent interview, the leader of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, tells LAWRENCE MIKE that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. It is unlike when Goodluck Jonathan was the President and people from the Niger Delta and the minority tribes benefitted more. You said the North would produce a competent candidate in the 2023 presidential election unlike who is there now, are you saying that Major General Buhari (retd. Some people will tell you that President Jonathan represented the South-South while Obasanjo represented the South-West, but no southeasterner has been President since Nigeria returned to democracy. If someone from a region other than the North wins the 2023 presidential election, do you think northerners will accept the person?

Source: Punch December 27, 2019 23:03 UTC