Nigeria: Let Buhari Say It

27 January 2003

Chief Don Etiebet, last week Tuesday went public with a disclosure which, if taken seriously, could affect the impending presidential race in favour of his All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP). After his visit to THISDAY, the newspaper, in its lead story of Wednesday, January 21, quoted him as follows: "we have the best political arrangement among all the political parties for the post of the president. It is rotational. We have a four-year rotational policy between the north and south. 2007 belongs to the South-South or South-East...by our arrangement we are set to win the elections. The whole north is covered by the presidential slot, the South-East, Vice-President and South-South, Chairman".

Etiebet's disclosure leaves one with a lot of mixed feeling and also questions needing answers. On this column last week Thursday titled: "Buhari, a devil's alternative", we had taken a look at the ANPP presidential candidate's track record and concluded that they did not seem to cast him in the mould of a genuine national figure who believes in equity for all Nigerians, irrespective of the section and religion they belong to. We then ended by hoping that the ANPP, if it must be a truly alternative option to the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) should look for ways of convincing Nigerians to that effect.

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