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By JULIUS OGUNRO
There is this idea that has gained currency among some Northern politicians and their Southern associates in the two major political parties. It is that only a Northern presidential candidate can win the presidency, especially if the other major party fields a Southerner. So now the two major parties are engaged in a cat and mouse game, watching each other closely before committing to any presidential aspirant or to the issue of zoning.
The instigator of this notion appears to be former Vice-President, AtikuAbubakar, who is running for the presidency on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform. The objective for Atiku and other Northern aspirants in the PDP is to cancel their party’s age-long tradition of zoning by touting the prospect of winning through the demographic advantage of their Northern home-base.
This, surprisingly, has caused a ruckus not only in the PDP but in the ruling APC as well, where some critical stakeholders appear to have…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
