Nigeria: 2011 - Emir Urges North to Support South South

31 October 2010

The Emir of Muri, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, has urged the North to support the aspiration of the South-South to produce the nation's next president in 2011.

The Emir warned that the North's insistence on the presidency to the detriment of the Niger Delta's aspiration was tantamount to taking a major " political risk" as it would negate the long-standing political alliance between the North and South-South.

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