Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has argued that next president of the country must come from southern Nigeria to maintain power shift healthy for the unity of the nation.
Obasanjo maintained that since the current president is from the north, it is fair a candidate from the south should succeed him.
The former president spoke when he hosted the leaders of the Mzough U Tiv (MUT) from Benue State in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over the weekend.
According to a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said he is in support of rotational presidency, saying power must return to the south in 2023.
He charged Middle Belt leaders to keep advocating for rotational presidency for the country, urging Nigerians not to vote based on emotions that could destroy the nation.
Earlier in his words, the Tiv leader, Iorbee Ihagh, had requested Obasanjo to support a power shift from north to south.
Ihagh said the Mzough u Tiv and the Middle Belt Forum had resolved to support the power shift for fairness, justice and true federalism.
He expressed hope that the Middle Belt would produce the president in 2031.