Speaking at the inauguration of the Kaduna State chapter of the ACF, on Monday, the National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Anthony Sani, said that when it was in its interest, the South supported zoning contrary to what was happening now.
Anthony said that, “since they wanted zoning and they are our own people and the zoning is not against Northern interest, we have no basis whatsoever to go against it because it is in our interest. So what we want is that if all the political parties have all their candidates from the North the final outcome will be that of Olusegun Obasanjo and Olu Falae in 1999, it will be a family affair.
“Why we came to that decision that all political parties should field Northerners as presidential candidates in 2011, but people thought that we just came to that decision like that. That is not true, we actually thought seriously about it. So I’m pleading with you that are now in this forum to find a way of coming together so that all our decisions can be one.”
The ACF publicity secretary stated further, “the other issue that has been engaging our attention is whether the ACF has been partisan or not. For example in the past, there has been politics of resource control, there has been politics of federal character and a lot of issues, these issues are not partisan, there was the issue of third term and it is not partisan, now people say because we are not partisan that we cannot take political decisions but we normally take positions when it comes to political issues that affects the North.
“I know some people will ask why you people said you wanted zoning, that it is a PDP affair. Our answer is that at the moment if you want to get power you cannot ignore the PDP; you cannot ignore the character of the presidential candidates. Nigeria is almost becoming a one party state and you want us to close our eyes to what is happening in such a party?”
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