Ijaw leader and statesman, High Chief Edwin Clark, has admonished about the peril of jettisoning zoning in 2023 by the two leading major political parties.
The highly respected and outspoken leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) said any attempt to set aside the zoning policy may threaten national cohesion.
The former federal commissioner, who spoke during an interview on Arise TV and monitored by The Liberation News said: “My idea of zoning the presidency to the South-East is well-known. No Nigerian will like to live in a country where certain people believe that they have the only right to lead.
“The APC believes the 12 million votes by President Muhammadu Buhari might be eroded if it is zoned to the South. The PDP is also considering zoning to the North. This is not fair.
“Nigeria stood on three legs, and it has never been steady since one of the legs was destroyed during the Civil War. If zoning which will heal the wounds is not done, there will be no Nigeria. Nobody will remain in this country as a second-class citizen.
“The North believes their population can be used to oppress other Nigerians. This is not acceptable. The era of that has gone. There are many good Northerners but the Fulani-oriented ones want to dominate everywhere.”
