Reacting to a comment made by some northern leaders, the chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption(PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay on tuesday said that only a mentally unstable individual will posit that the north will be on power forever.
In a chat with Daily Independent and made available to Oceanicnews,he narrated:
“No rational mind will say things like that. Only an ethnic jingoist or a person who is mentally slow and who does not have the interest of the country at heart will utter such a statement. That statement can only come from somebody who wants us to break apart”.
“No sane person will talk in such an irresponsible manner. The mode of exercise of power and choice of presidency has been established. Every eight years, it moves from the North to the South and from the South to the North, depending on which region was in power at the particular time”.
“If anyone thinks he can change that, then that person does not consider the future of Nigeria. The country cannot survive any idea of a group of people in the North or South saying they will remain in power permanently without respecting the rotation rule” he said.