Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe
| credits: pointblanknews.com
| credits: pointblanknews.com
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin
Okupe, on Friday, said as far as the forthcoming general elections were
concerned, politicians from the Northern part of the country had
miscalculated.
Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a Northerner,
is contesting against President Goodluck Jonathan (a Southerner) of the
Peoples Democratic Party.
Okupe, who spoke to journalists in Abuja,
said Northern politicians got it wrong because they erroneously
believed that a national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is the
leader of the Yoruba race and that he could deliver the South-West.
He said while doing that, the North left
out some of the people that really matter in the zone whom he described
as the North’s former allies.
He said, “The North has always had partnership in the South; in the South-West, South-South and South-East.
“But somehow, the North miscalculated
this time around because they assumed wrongly that Bola Tinubu was the
leader of the Yoruba race, and that if they can strike a deal with him,
they have got the South-West.
“While doing that, they left their former
allies that included Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo (retd.), Richard Akinjide,
Omololu Olunloyo and others.”
Okupe said even if Buhari wins the presidential election, which he said was impossible, the North would still lose out.
He said if Buhari wins, he would not be
able to do a second term, therefore, giving room for a southerner to
again emerge as the President in 2019.
He wondered if the North would be satisfied with only four years when they could have their full eight years from 2019.
“Even if Buhari wins this election, which
is impossible, he cannot do a second term. So, when the second term
comes, why would other people not contest against him? He is a
Northerner and if he cannot run for election again, then, the thing
should go back to the South. So, would the North be satisfied with only
four years?
“These are the issues. That is why I am
saying this 2015 election is beyond Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu
Buhari. It is a matter of national stability,” he explained.
Okupe was of the view that if Jonathan
completes his second term of four years in 2019, the North has a chance
that cannot be denied to present a candidate who will rule the country
for another eight years.
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