Rotimi Okeredolu, Ondo State Governor Assures The 2023 President Must Come From The South

 

 Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been in the eyes of the media following events unfolding in his state.The recent arrest of the Bandits by the Nigeria Army is one of the few recent happenings in his state that has puts him on point.

The Owo Killing and finally the politic of the Southerners and many more are skits the Number One Citizen of Ondo State is taking advantage of.

The wiping Governor is gradually finding his feet after the arrest of the Suspected Bandits to fulfilled his promise to the state that the Owo Church attackers must be arrested and brought to book,having settled that,He's now concerned with the politic oft he South, emphasizing the need for the Presidential election producing a Southerner, he said.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, says he wouldn't mind if Peter Obi of the Labour party wins the 2023 Presidential election as long as the Presidency comes to the South.

 

 

Akeredolu who is a member of the APC stated this during an interview with Channels TV.

The governor has on several occasion insisted that the presidency must go to the south, since President Muhammadu Buhari, whose tenure will be completed in 2023, is from the North.

 

When asked if he would have supported a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket if he was in the opposition party, the Ondo governor said religion should not be an issue in the 2023 elections.

 

“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