Speaking in an interview with The Sun, a PDP chieftain and Human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani has said that there's no justification for northern political elites to make former president, Muhammadu Buhari a rallying point to unseat President Tinubu in 2027. Shehu said that when Buhari was in power for eight years, no serious southern came to challenge him.
Speaking further, Senator Sani lamented that Buhari failed in so many areas during his regime as the president of Nigeria. He noted that at a point in his administration, security and defense apparatus were all headed by Northerners. He added that the north got power and wasted it, and that they should wait for president Tinubu who's a southerner, to complete his eight years in power. He urged that the principle of power rotation be taken seriously.
In his words; "At a point under Buhari, all the security and defence apparatus of the country were headed by Northerners. So, the North got power and wasted it and what does it want to do with it? Secondly, Buhari has finished his eight years in power and we have a Southerner who is going to be … why is the North in a hurry? And my own belief is that for now, there should be all efforts to ensure that policies and programmes of this administration provide the necessary developmental needs of people over the North. When Buhari was in power, there was no serious Southerner that came to challenge him for his eight years. Now, is that how we are going to do? This country should take seriously, the principle of rotation of power."