Kunle Oderemi
Nigeria may break up if President Goodluck Jonathan undermines the current zoning arrangement in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and bows to pressure on him to run for the presidency in 2011.
According to a PDP elder, Chief Bode Mustapha, who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune, on Sunday in Lagos, against the background of intense horse trading by some hawks to make Jonathan contest presidency, it will be suicidal for him to go against the grains of the mutually agreed zoning policy of the part.
He said the clamour for him to run amounted to a contractual breach with grave implications for the stability and co-existence of the 250 ethnic gropus that make up the federation.
He declared, Naturally, he (President Jona-than) should be under pressure from people who are benefiting from him that he should run. But I believe he is intelligent enough to know that when the die is cast and the whole thing crum-bles, he would take full responsibility. I do not believe that he would like Nigeria to break up.
We have stability in the country today because of the zoning arrangement that places people in different positions. We want peace in this country; we don't want distractions and more problems again.
We should not change the goal post in the middle of the match. I believe that by the time the zoning arrangement has taken through all the six geopolitical zones, then it (the presidential race) can become anybody's affairs. If we don't do that, it means we are changing the goal post and may God save this country.
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