Northern leaders must apologize to region, time to support Tinubu – Shehu Sani

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Shehu Sani, a former senator who served as the representative for Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, has criticized northern authorities for not improving the socioeconomic standing of the area.

According to him, this is one of the reasons why Northerners must back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to serve out his remaining eight years in office.

Speaking to reporters at his home on Monday, Senator Sani claimed that in the two years of Tinubu’s leadership, the North had made great strides.

“For those of us from this part (North) of the country, we appreciate the progress made so far by this present government and for those of them who had the opportunity to do better and they failed, we tell them that it is better they apologise for the wrong they have done to the people of the North.

“And for the masses of the North, they should not allow themselves to be incited against government that is doing far better than the one that came from their side; they should not be incited against the President who had supported our own for eight years in power. I have heard a lot of comments and remarks that are linked to tribal sentiments.

Speaking further, Shehu Sani stated that it is time to repay Northwest Nigeria for producing two presidents who had the complete support of the Southwest.

“But let’s put it in a better perspective, the Northwest of the country has produced two Presidents since 1999. One was President Umar Musa Yar’Adua and the second was President Muhammadu Buhari. And in all these elections, the Southwest part of Nigeria had supported the North and never gave any serious challenge as long as the smooth running of President Buhari was concerned.”

According to him, it makes sense for the North to let the South finish its eight years in power.

“If there should be another presidential candidate from the opposition, that candidate should be from the South West because that is equity, justice and that is fairness.”

He argued that, “under the last administration, all heads of the security apparatus were from Northern extraction, they never stopped terrorism in the North, they never stopped banditry in the Northwest, they never stopped killings in Benue state, in Plateau, and most of the North central states.”

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