The Presidency has dismissed fresh arguments by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement, insisting that the South must complete its turn ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a post on his X handle, described Atiku’s position as self-serving and based on what he called a flawed interpretation of the North-South zoning principle.
He also rejected Atiku’s claim that the South had spent more years in office than the North since 1999, stating that the North’s shorter tenure was due to the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua while in office.
According to him, the succession that followed did not invalidate the power rotation arrangement, describing it as an “accidental breach” rather than a deliberate shift.
