Kaduna State Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has opined the presidency of Nigeria can not be gotten by the approach of South-Eastern political bloc, Njenje Media news reports.
According to the former FCT Minister, the South should produce the next President, but the people of the South-East should quit with the threat of secession as a means of getting political power.
El-Rufai added that the political game has to come with negotiations and how you are able to convince others to vote for you and the Igbos need to adopt this approach if they truly want one of them to become the next President.
He stated this while responding to a question on why the South-East is being denied the Presidency during a webinar.
In his words:
“I don’t think anyone has stopped the South-East from going for the Presidency. But you see, you cannot get the Presidency of Nigeria by threats or by shouting victimhood. This is a political process and you have to engage other parts of Nigeria to convince them to support you”.
“That is what everyone does. That is what Jonathan did in 2011; that is what Buhari did in 2015 and 2019. That is what every President does. You don’t stay in your corner, abuse everyone in Nigeria and say give me Presidency. It is not going to happen.” He noted that no region in Nigeria can attain the Presidency without the support of others.”
