Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lambasted Southern governors.

Spokesman of the NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said;

“We had raised the issues two weeks ago, but we are happy that the Northern Governors have also spoken out that. Rotational presidency is not located in the constitution of Nigeria, but this does not make it illegal, or only means that it can only be handled at the political level.”

“We drew attention to the fact that there are tendencies the 17 Governors of the South to gang up and create a bi-partisan assault against the North on virtually all issues from open grazing, rotational presidency and other issues.”

“The Southern Governors represent a serious threat to the democratic process. What the democratic process recognises is that there are political parties, there are candidates and there are voters.

“Whoever emerges as the candidate should be the product of negotiation and expression of popular will.”