Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has vowed that it will
mobilise Nigerians to reject the emergence of another northern president in the
forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
The National Publicity Secretary PANDEF, Ken Robinson, made
this known when the Leadership of the organization paid the presidential
candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo a
consultative visit on Tuesday in Abuja.
PANDEF planned to organize people from Niger Delta creeks to
clampdown on the alleged injustice against Southern Nigeria.
He said that under the current administration some sections
of the country have been treated as if they do not exist, adding that among the
17 military, para-military and Intelligence security agencies in the country,
14 of them are headed by Northerners and only three from Southern Nigeria.
He further noted that the Nigerian National Petroleum
Commission Limited has 11 key management and board members, pointing out that
while the North has 7 out of these members, the South can boast of just 4.
“When the campaign starts, we will mobilise ourselves, speak
to good Nigerians in Northern Nigeria and in Southern Nigeria why the next
president of Nigeria should come from the Southern part of Nigeria.
“Anything short of that, and we are not saying this as a
threat, yes, we were in a meeting with people from the Dutch Embassy, three
days ago I was in a meeting with the British High commissioner, and we told
them this thing that Nigeria will no longer be what it has been if the next
president goes North.
“The statement is not a threat. And we are serious. We will
mobilise our people in the creeks, in the farm lands to the streets across
Nigeria to work together.”
Robinson added that the consultation with Southern
presidential candidates is to ensure that a credible leader emerges by 2023.
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party,
SDP, Adewole Adebayo, who received leadership of PANDEF in Abuja said the
meeting was part of a conversation that will help unite Nigeria.
Adebayo said that for him, it was all about the unity of the
country , “The unity of Nigeria is number one,” he said, insisting that there
was no room for casting doubt on the continuity of Nigeria.
Adebayo vowed that not even a single square meter of the
country will be taken away.
“Niger Delta has been a source of stupendous wealth but
nothing can be cured with justice,” Adebayo added.
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