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Rotational Presidency was reached when you were a student, Ohanaeze tells Gov Bello

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello was a student studying accountancy when the agreement on rotational presidency was reached.

Recalled that Bello on Saturday had described the clamour for rotational presidency as unconstitutional, saying that Nigerians should be allowed to make their choices for the best candidate to emerge for the top post.

But the Igbo group in a statement by its spokesman, Alex Ogbonniasaid the governor was ’embarking on a political adventure that lacks both conscience and principle.’

Its also said that when the agreement on Rotational Presidency was reached between the North and the South governor Bello was still a student, studying accountancy at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

The body educating governor Bello said that the meeting on the agreement on Rotational Presidency was held at the National University Commission (NUC) Conference Centre, Abuja in 1998. Dr.Chuba Okadigbo spoke on behalf of the South while Alh. Abubakar Rimi spoke for the North. The likes of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Chief Solomon Lar, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, etc were at the meeting.

The Ohanaeze statement reads: “Governor Bello, no doubt, has demonstrated a remarkable obsession with ambition shortly after providence paved way for him to be sworn in as the governor of Kogi State in 2015 at an impressionable age of 40.

“There is no doubt that Bello has a date with destiny going by a smooth political ascendancy that life has presented to him. However, we have our fears that he is embarking on a political adventure that lacks both conscience and principle.

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“Governor Bello was still a student, studying accountancy at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria when an agreement was reached between the North and the South with respect to Rotational Presidency.

“The meeting was held at the National University Commission (NUC) Conference Centre, Abuja in 1998. Dr.Chuba Okadigbo spoke on behalf of the South while Alh. Abubakar Rimi spoke for the North. The likes of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Chief Solomon Lar, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, etc were at the meeting.

“The Nigerian statesmen examined the merits and demerits of zoning and rotation of power between the composite zones in Nigeria.

“At the end, it was resolved that the presidency be conceded to the South and that it would rotate between the South and the North in the interest of equity, unity and corporate existence of Nigeria.

“The foregoing was the basis for the emergence of presidential candidates of the mainstream political parties from the Southwest in1999.

“Since then, the patriotic and peace loving Nigerians have adhered to the rotation principle such that at the end of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s second tenure, President Musa Yar’Adua was elected; Goodluck Jonathan and then President Muhammadu Buhari”.

The statement adds: “The above exposé informs the resolution by the Southern Governors that the South should produce the next President of Nigeria after President Buhari.

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Ambassador Professor George Obiozor advises Bello that it will serve his interest better if he supports the resolution by his southern colleagues; since age is still in his favour.

“Bello is beckoned to the ethical functional relationship between the morality of an agreement and the legality of the constitution”.

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