Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker from Kaduna, has issued a stern warning to Northern leaders regarding their plans to remove President Bola Tinubu from office in the 2027 Presidential elections. Sani cautioned that such actions could severely harm Nigeria’s unity and stability.
In a recent interview with Arise Television, Sani emphasized the importance of Northern leaders supporting Tinubu’s administration instead of seeking to gain more political power. He suggested that they should focus on benefiting from the government’s policies and programs, especially given the North’s ongoing struggles with issues like insecurity and poverty.
Sani said, “There is evidence of rallying of forces, regrouping of forces- political forces from the North- trying to use former President Buhari as a rallying point in order to evict the government of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu; “and they hope to resurrect his political chance in the house of the masses and portray the government as one that has been undermining the North and one that has not been living up to its campaign promises to the region being that it has its highest votes from there. And I must warn that attempts to do that can create a serious problem for our country.
“Buhari has been in power for eight years and there has never been any serious Southerner that challenged his own government in terms of trying to remove him out of office.
“And secondly, we should know that before you think of power, we should think of the whole country. We should be thinking of a united country, a peaceful country. Nigeria is still a fragile nation.
“What will happen if Southern politicians decide to also form the idea of uniting themselves and making a position that this is their stand? There will be no Nigeria.
“So, they should, in the interest of the unity of the country and the future of the country, sacrifice their own personal ambition at least for 2027, and the North will have the moral right to ask for power after the second term of this administration.”
“This desperation for power will not go well for the region, for the unity and collective peace of our country as a nation,” he added.