APC chieftain says 2023 power shift to south sacrosanct

The Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, yesterday insisted that power must shift to the south in 2023.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the call was premised on fairness, adding that the southern part supported the north to retain power for eight years.

He advised the ruling party to ensure power rotation in 2023 to enhance national cohesion.

The chieftain rejected comments from those he called “some selfish northern politicians” intent on shortchanging the south in the scheme of power play.

The organising secretary said the opponents were selfish, as they could not claim to be speaking for the entire region.

“We must rotate power to southern Nigeria in the spirit of equity, fairness and harmony,” he stated.