By Christiana Ekpa
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the unity of the country is more paramount than zoning, and therefore attention should be given to the stability of the nation rather than the politics of zoning.
Saraki, who disclosed this in Calabar, Cross Rivers state, through the chairman of his national campaign council, Prof Iyorwuese Hagher, who is leading a high powered delegation of eminent Nigerian leaders on a tour of the South South to drum up support for the aspirant.
He said “The unity of the country is the most important component of our national desire. We cannot sacrifice it for zoning neither can we do so on the altar of any other factor.
“The unity infrastructure of the nation has collapsed and that has led to so much damage in our national structure. Instead of paying attention to it, we are busy talking about zoning.
“How does zoning solve the problem of unity in the land? How does it address division and the socio- economic woes we are experiencing today? The division in the country is just too much today. We must work to close the gap and only those who know this can help solve it. It’s not just politics but the obligations that come with it”.
He denied that he has not withdrawn from the race insisting that he cannot be distracted in his quest to winning the election to restore Nigeria’s fame, integrity and glory.
According to him, “Saraki is too busy to be distracted by such lazy lies and brazen figments of imagination. Right now he is on tour of the entire nation to defend his ambition before the Stakeholders and the good people of Nigeria”.
According to Prof Hagher, himself a “The former Senate President (Saraki)and other presidential aspirants, out of their love for the country, recently began talks towards the possibility of a consensus arrangement.
“The three of them, Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi recently met in Bauchi and also in Makurdi to express their readiness towards having a consensus candidate from the north.”
