‘A Northerner must be President in 2023, not Bola Tinubu’ – Yerima Shettima

In all honesty, we are talking about Nigeria and democracy. We’ve found out strongly that with what has happened in the last four years if we are still one country or brothers and sisters, we expect solidarity across board without any political hindrance from any quarters.

“We expect Nigerians to look at the situation around us. The issue of insecurity is highest in the northern part of the country. So many things are still wrong. We were thinking that with someone from the northern extraction steering the affairs of the country, something good should have come to the north. However, the present administration came on board without a clear policy or direction for the country. They used the entire four years to complain and trade accusations. We have a new government currently and complaints have not ceased and it is obvious that from the way things are going, it is clear that the answers to our problems are not here.”

Speaking in a telephone interview, Yerima also believes that the southeast will support the north to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. He says the north needs to be compensated.