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Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said heaven will not fall if a northerner is elected the next Nigerian President.

Baba-Ahmed who said northerners are not second-class citizens of Nigeria, said that the north will not accept to serve as a second fiddle in 2023, when the region has the population to go to the first position and win.
He said this weekend delivering a keynote address at the maiden Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series organized by the students wing of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

He said, “The North is not for sale and northerners will surprise those waiting for them to queue up in 2023 and be given money in exchange for their votes.’

He said that anyone who does not want a northerner as President should leave the country if one emerges.

He also charged the students to be proud of who they are as northerners, challenging them not to accept being treated as second-class citizens in their own country.

“We will lead Nigeria the way we have led Nigeria before, whether we are President or Vice President, we will lead Nigeria. We have the majority of the votes and the democracy says vote whom you want. Why should we accept second class position when we know we can buy form and contest for first class and we will win?

“Why does anybody need to threaten us and intimidate us? We will get that power, but be humble because power comes from God. We inherited leadership, being honest is not being stupid.

“There are Nigerians who believed that because the economy of the North is being crumbled; we are running away from insecurity, we are politically vulnerable, they think they can buy us for 2023 they are making a mistake.

“We are ready for this, we will consider every economic adversity, challenge, we will fix the Northern economy and we are the only one who can fix this Northern economy. For that reason, we are not for sale. We are in the process of rebuilding the North and we will rebuild the North from 2023.”

Baba-Ahmed said that whether the north holds power in 2023 or not, anybody who wants to break up in this country will say so, as they were just looking for excuses.

He also charged the youths to be active in politics, saying, “Don’t accept second class status because you are a northerner, no northerner is a second-class citizen in this country. If we want to a southerner, we will a southerner because that will be in our own interest and we can decide for ourselves.”

https://dailytrust.com/hakeem-baba-ahmed-heaven-wont-fall-if-another-northerner-is-elected-president

That's a daring Statement.

Any brave Southerner on the bloc?

You people will be shocked this time around. Try it and see.

vedaxcool:
One of Athiefkus fine slave whom many wailing dogs and ipob idiots look up to

This dull zombie. Always yapping trash

Let me book a space, i dey come

I watched this man challenge the south and asking the south to go to hell as the north will the presidency.

I made a thread and hope Mynd44, lalasticlala and Seun will move it to the frontpage.

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/6761556/north-owe-nobody-presidency-nef

Lol

Good... mumu south

Hes mad

Only igbo will complain and vex others will gba kamu who else in the south has the liver to face FG life will go on like normal till another 8years ..

Smh

Division of this country is what's coming up next. This North vs South thing is becoming unbecoming.

The impunity these foolanis claiming northerners have is courtesy of the docility of southerners.
Enough of this constant cheating from the foolanis. D mumv don do.

Nawa oo : some northerners are hell-bent on having everything their own way

They are asking for a closer association of Nigerians while at the same time they want the power to remain in the north permanently.


Are they not asking for too much?,if l may ask. (Oliver twist)

Ok no problem ,but

If Nigeria breaks all blamable on the Northern oligarchy

A friend was telling me about a meeting he attended, organised by a social club somewhere in the north. their discussion was "taking over when the time comes." The way this man is taking suggests to me that he has been in attendance of such gathering where they've charged themselves with the responsibility of setting the pace ready and prepared to take over.
What I don't know now is when this time will come and how I need to be outside naija by then.�

"Northerners are not second class citizens" What does that even mean? Nigeria does not revolve around you people for goodness sake.

vedaxcool:
[s]One of Athiefkus fine slave whom many wailing dogs and ipob idiots look up to [/s]

Igbo/IPOB Giant is really dealing with this low IQ Fulani Marauder...

Even if the northerner is another catastrophe like the one they foisted on this failed nation.This northerners are never different.

Nigeria and Nigerians don enter one chance

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Emergingnation:
Igbo/IPOB Giant is really dealing with this low IQ Fulani Marauder...

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Cownu ate his own sh!t according to his lawyer. Ipob terrorists cowards follow sh!t eater who was captured by a lone Kenyan Babe,.. whenever I hear ipob, all I see are worms beneath notice

Hey-Leribu ni Hakeem Baba-Ahmed yii.

ActuaRise696969:
That's a daring Statement.

Any brave Southerner on the bloc?

Akeredolu and Abaribe may respond to his chest beating

Aswear nothing will happen


Get your PVC crew will start consoling us to wait for 2027 that it will be hot....

If southern states can get hold of their VAT, 2023 presidency won't matter anymore.

Also, we have Amotekun in the SW.

Anti-open grazing laws have been ed.

It's a win-win for the south.

And he is right nothing will still happen heaven wount fall, known this and know peace north owns Nigeria

See what somebody is saying to young minds, planting seeds of hate and bigotry in them. How can you say this to university students? Tufiakwa!

Anyways, we're not bothered about you guys winning the presidency as that wouldn't change anything in anybody's life. Nigeria is still a shit hole and will forever remain so.

ActuaRise696969:
That's a daring Statement.

Any brave Southerner on the bloc?

What's daring about the statement? It's a Foolish and stupid statement

AS SIMPLE AS A B C

ALLOW IGBOS OR SOUTH SOUTH TO PRODUCE THE PRESIDENT IN 2023 OR


NORTH TILL EVERYBODY GO ANSWER THEIR PAPA NAME



WE SOUTHERNERS MUST RECEIVE SENSE BY FORCE

Muna4real:


What's daring about the statement? It's a Foolish and stupid statement

WHAT IS STUPID ABOUT THE STATEMENT

Heaven won't fall but earth(Nigeria) no go accommodate us.make we dey see na..

nonhuman:
And he is right nothing will still happen heaven wount fall, known this and know peace north owns Nigeria

NA MY MAMA PEOPLE DEM MAKE UNA OWN NIGERIA NA

CheedyJ:
Heaven won't fall but earth(Nigeria) no go accommodate us.make we dey see na..

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