2027: South South stakes claim – Two terms for Senate Presidency

A nationalist affairs expert and advocator for determination equity, John William, has warned Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, against pursuing the Senate presidency, describing the alleged determination arsenic a menace to South-South and South-East governmental relations.

William, successful a connection issued connected Thursday, said Uzodimma’s reported ambition could reopen “deep humanities wounds” betwixt some regions and weaken confederate governmental solidarity.

He argued that the South-South had consistently respected power-sharing arrangements since the instrumentality to ideology successful 1999 and accused the South-East of attempting to undermine that understanding.

According to him, nary South-South legislator challenged the Senate presidency erstwhile the presumption was occupied by South-East leaders during the medication of erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo.

William recalled that the Senate presidency was held by Evan Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Anyim Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara and Ken Nnamani betwixt 1999 and 2007 without absorption from the South-South.

He described the alleged crippled by Uzodimma arsenic “a brazen provocation” susceptible of damaging spot betwixt some regi...