Atiku Abubakar (PDP): ‘The North needs a Northerner, not an Igbo or Yoruba person as the next president of Nigeria.’ The statement was criticized across the entire political spectrum. No PDP l;eader came forward to support Atiku in this statement.
Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, said that the country need to be united against any such statements. Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary of Afnifere, a pan-Yoruba organization said that such a statement must not be issued by any ne aspiring to be the President.