A coalition of northern youth groups under the aegis of APC Progressives Youth Elements and North-East Youth Forum of APC, say the time is not ripe for the South to rule Nigeria.
The groups opined that with the hunger, insecurity, poverty in the region, power needs to be retained for development.
Speaking for one of the groups, APC Progressives Youth Elements, the President, Alamin Bala Mai’auduga, vowed not to support any candidate from the southern part of the country.
He condemned the the action of the 11 northern governors that supported southern candidature.
“We the Northern youths do not think it is time for any southerner to assume the mantle of leadership.
“What the governors did is for their selfish interest. We the Northern youths, who are about 70 percent of the total population of the country, are saying no.
“We are calling on our able National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to weigh in on this and find lasting solution to this issue.
“We are not going to support any southern candidate. These 11 governors that made the decision are not the only people in the North.
“They are doing it for their selfish interests,” he said.
On his part, leader of the APC Youth Forum, Ibrahim Hashim Abdullahi, alleged that the governors opted for such option so that one of them would benefit from being appointed as vice president.
He lamented that with the hunger, insecurity, poverty in the region, power needs to be retained for development.
“We will not endorse any candidate from the South, except from the North. We are far left behind,” he warned.
The groups made their positions known during a protest held on Sunday in Bauchi state.
