Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has backed calls for the South East to produce Nigeria’s next president, questioning those who think the region does not deserve the seat.
It’s leader, Ayo Adebanjo, who stated this on Wednesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, based his argument on federal character and equity.
He noted that while the South South and South West have tasted power at the centre, the same cannot be said of the Igbo-dominated South East.
“How can you say rotation in the North and South, so when it comes to the South, it would be South-West and South-South every time? Is the South East not part of the South? What is the moral we are talking about?” he asked during the show.
“Is it not the South West that has served [through] Obasanjo for eight years, Osinbajo for another eight years as vice president? [The] South-South has served its own. Is the South East not part of the South? That is the question we should answer,” he added added.
