By Matthew Tabe
Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said it should be the turn of the South-East to produce the next president, in line with the agreement reached by past Nigerian leaders.
He made the disclosure in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, during a campaign rally for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.
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He maintained that North, South West and South South have produced presidents, while the South-East region has not been given the opportunity to steer the ship of the country.
Chief Adebanjo recalled that before he (Tinubu) became the governor of Lagos State, he had supported him on several occasions.
He said: “When he was the governor of Lagos State, I supported him; I did not hate him then, why will I have the cause to now hate him?
“Tinubu cannot confront me on this, but only people that are benefiting from him that are speaking ills of me.”
Meanwhile, Obi while speaking at the rally, highlighted the challenges of the country, which ranges from unemployment, drug abuse and others, adding that the challenges could be addressed by prioritising production.
He said: “We must secure and unite the country. When you secure the country, you are able to bring famers to return to the farms. That alone will start addressing food inflation.”
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“By moving the country from consumption to production, you are moving people away from poverty. The more you pull people out of poverty, the more you address criminality.
“Nigeria now has 13.8 per cent drug prevalence against the global average of 5 per cent. To deal with the crisis in production, we need to feed ourselves,” he said.