North always voted Southern presidents, backed Abiola – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
Former Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has disclosed that the North has always voted for a Southern presidential candidate.
Baba-Ahmed disclosed that the North voted for the late MKO Abiola from the Southeast against Tofa who hailed from the region in 1993.
He disclosed this on TVC Fireworks, on Thursday, while dismissing claims of Northern conspiracy against Tinubu and the South.
Baba-Ahmed said: “There is no Northern conspiracy against the South, the North voted for Abiola in 1993 against Tofa. Tofa in his own state lost to Abiola, so the North has a history of voting Southern candidates.
“We voted for Obasanjo twice, we voted for Jonathan in 2011, and Tinubu, so this tendency to think that the Northerners are against the Southern president is nonsense.
“I was part of Buhari’s campaign and I can tell you that one of the reasons and key issues we used to get Buhari elected was to tell Nigerians if you want an end to this weak approach to Boko Haram, this tendency to just throw money at a problem and think it will go away, choose, elect Buhari.”
He also disclosed that Tinubu inherited a terrible security situation from his predecessor.
“President Tinubu inherited a horrible security situation and it hasn’t gotten any worse and hasn’t improved.
“I was a member of the committee appointed by Jonathan to dialogue with Boko Haram and by then insurgency had gone deep, it started under Yar’Adua and dug deeply in,” he added.
North always voted Southern presidents, backed Abiola – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
