Publisher of the Ovation Magazines and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu has said that he is convinced that it is only a Northern candidate can wrestle power from President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday, Momodu said having a Southerner contest for the 2027 presidential elections against Tinubu is a waste of time and resources.
“I have a theory that Tinubu can only be countered this time by a northerner. Any Southerner telling you they want to contest against Tinubu is only wasting their time.
“The PDP or the coalition also wants power, and the only way they can get it is to go by Isaac Newton’s law of actions and reactions, which are always equal and opposite,” Momodu said.
He said such a move from an opposite direction would lead to a big loss for President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
While noting that he was not sure of who could take up such a big task, Momodu the North already felt betrayed by the political attacks against former President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration by Tinubu’s loyalists.
“If a Yoruba person attempts it — I hear someone like Governor Seyi Makinde wants to contest — he’s a guy I like, but I know that, at the end of the day, it cannot happen.
“What will then happen is that the north — when you look at the configuration of Tinubu’s cabinet today and all his appointments — you would say, oh, he’s appointing Yoruba people.
“But the Yoruba man is mostly about his own personal cronies; most of them are his associates. Cronyism has crept into our politics, and the north is naturally aggrieved,” he added.
