2027: Atiku’s insistence on contesting despite zoning convention will strengthen democracy — Sambo

The Director of News astatine Arise Television, Sumner Sambo, says the insistence of erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar to contention the 2027 wide elections contempt zoning normal volition deepen Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian journey.

Sambo made this connection on Monday on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

According to him, the constitution is wide that immoderate qualified Nigerian tin contention for the Office of the President.

“The rotational signifier we person had is conscionable an informal arrangement. By putting himself guardant arsenic the starring bluish campaigner astatine a clip erstwhile it is expected to beryllium the South’s turn, helium volition enrich our law democracy.

“Meritocracy indispensable stay the absorption of elections. This zoning normal has made galore politicians complacent, contented to simply hold for their turn.

“So the rotational presidency that we person had is conscionable a backdoor channel, and we person not adjacent practiced it the mode Alex Ekweme study done the 1995 league had wanted.

“What they had wanted was for america to rotate it crossed the six geopolitical zones. But adjacent successful that report, don’t forg...