A socio-political organisation, the Yoruba Ronu Group, has cautioned those politicians promoting the concept of ‘northern presidency’ to stop at it or else be viewed as marauders with incendiary comments, deliberately, to escalate the present security challenges in the country.
The Chairman of the group, Diran Iyantan, said the Nigerian political elites are deliberately promoting disunity as a political weapon. This, he opined, is a dangerous trend capable of creating an unending crisis in the country and seeks to further polarise the country for more troubles than the ones on our hands at present.
Iyantan, in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, through the group’s Director of Communications, Steve Bayode, however, said “southern presidency’, this time around, in 2023, should be considered sacrosanct to the continual unity of the nation”.
According to him, “Acts like that clearly demonstrate negative imagery of the country and is capable of misleading the country on a journey of departure from its present station of peace and prosperity.
He said, “Politicians, during this election season, must focus on those positive areas pertinent to uniting us as a nation. Everyone must ensure that what is passed across to the public are materials that enhance national peace, unity and development, in view of the critical time the country is passing through at present”.
“Favourable unifying comments are what should be promoted in the media, to ensure that tensions are not further exacerbated”, he emphasised.
Iyantan, who also urged politicians to observe decorum during campaign activities further said, “The only major factor to the sustenance of unity in the country is the continual rotational presidency. The falsehood preached around that the ‘southern candidates do not have the numerical strength to win an election must be jettisoned for the unity of our dear motherland.
He insisted that “The PDP’s ploy to not officially zone the presidency to the southern part of the country would eventually boomerang. Any southern candidates fielded by any political party will be massively voted for by the southerners to emerge as the next president.
“However, for the sake of equity, fairness and justice, we must, in earnest, right the wrong, ahead of such occurrences”.
