If Obi or Tinubu wins, it’s alright. Presidency must come to the South – Akeredolu

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that it doesn’t matter whether the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi or his All Progressives Party counterpart, Bola Tinubu wins the 2023 elections as long it comes to the South.

Akeredolu who is an APC member has continued to reiterate the need for the Presidency to come to the South. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV, he described rotational presidency as one of the main issues facing the country today

He said: “I would have said the same thing. If you had listened to my lecture today, I was very clear. I said that religion is not the issue now. We have other issues that should be on the front burner today in this country — issue of restructuring, issue of rotational presidency, among others.

I said, ‘look, since 1999, there is an understanding that we will move from north to south — rotate the presidency’. And if today, we have people who want to deploy what I call manipulation of our people on religious basis to think that they can change this (call for southern presidency), then we should not accept it.

For me, it is not because of asiwaju Bola Tinubu. If you listened to my lecture, I said if Obi is elected as president, for me, that will be all right. If Bola Tinubu is elected, that will be all right. For me, it must come to the south; that is the position.”he said