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For Interest Of Peace, Shift Power To Southern Nigeria – Oluwo of Iwo, Akanbi

by Victor Ndubuisi
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has urged lawmakers from the North to support the 2023 rotation of the presidency to the South.

The Yoruba Nation agitators will be vindicated if power is retained in Northern Nigeria, Oba Akanbi warned.

The king, who made the request in a statement issued by his chief press secretary Alli Ibraheem, pleaded with politicians not to split Nigeria apart but to allow Southern contenders to fight with one another because the traditional power-sharing is what is preserving the nation’s unity.

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He said, “We’ve capable and credible candidates from Southern Nigeria vying to be president of Nigeria. The conventional power rotation has contributed immensely to cementing the unity of Nigeria. Retaining the power in the North will spur further agitations likely to question the oneness of Nigeria.”

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The outspoken king, who believed that the Yoruba Nation Agitators had stoked tensions, made an appeal to Northern traditional leaders, well-known politicians, and other stakeholders to step in and transfer authority to Southern Nigeria.

“I’m a leading Natural Paramount Ruler from the Southern Nigeria dousing tensions of the Yoruba Nation Agitations. My intervention was to ensure a united Nigeria. Then, the Agitators raised many issues for consideration.

“One of them was the conventional power rotation of the presidency. We hoped their voice was noted for consideration. We don’t pray to see such a demonstration again. It can be curbed with political fairness ahead of the 2023 general elections. Politics must not tear the country apart”

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While maintaining that a Southern Presidency would be in the interest of fairness, equity and unity, he warned that retaining it in the North will fuel agitations.

“I’m appealing to Northern traditional rulers and stakeholders to consider the Southern presidency in the interest of fairness, equity and unity. President Muhammed Buhari of Northern extraction has almost completed two terms of 8 years. In fairness, power should return to the South.

“Retaining power in the North will fuel Agitations. We hope some of us who quenched the previous protest will not join should the power remain in the North.”

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