A former Governor of Ogun state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress , Olusegun Osoba, has revealed that there was a gentlenan’s understanding during the 2013 merger that the presidency will rotate between the North and the South.
He said as the chairman of the constitution drafting committee during the merger, they were careful not to use the word “zoning” so as not to be in conflict with the constitution, but agreed that the North should produce the president, while the chairmanship position of the APC should be produced by the south.
“But there was a clear gentlemanly understanding that the northern part of the country will produce the president when we did the merger in 2013, and the chairman of the party will then come from the south,” Osoba added.
Agreement scattered.
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