The Nigerian Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has cautioned that keeping political power in the north would constitute national suicide.
The group has vehemently opposed any attempt by northern political elites to keep President Muhammadu Buhari in power after he leaves the White House in 2023.
The two major political parties, according to HURIWA, should zone their presidential seats to the South East “for the sake of justice and fairness.”
In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and made accessible to Newsmen, the rights advocacy organization urged all political parties to adopt what will maintain the country’s unity and zone the president to the south east.
The organization noted that the Igbo-dominated area has never been elected to the presidency since independence, and that if the Igbo are denied the opportunity to lead Nigeria, Nigeria will face a slew of disloyal factions.
Onwubiko told the press in Abuja on Wednesday that the country’s present political and security condition demanded that authority be transferred to the south.
He said: “If they want the country to have stability, unity and to last longer than next year. The moment the leadership is given back to the north, so many decent-minded southerners will lose their mind.
“They will be disloyal to the country because the country is a country of injustice. And nobody in his right conscience will want a country that does not believe that he is a human being.”
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