Za ka goyi bayan zagayawar iko (zoning) ko da ba zai amfane ka da kanka ba, kuma idan aka zabe ka, za ka goyi bayan dan takarar Kudu ya gaje ka?

Ban tabbata ko an taɓa samun ɗan siyasa a Najeriya da ya yi hadaya fiye da ni domin kare ƙa'idar jujjuyawar madafun iko. A zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na 1993 wanda ya haifar da sanannar matsalar 12 ga Yuni sakamakon soke zaɓen shugaban ƙasa, na janye daga tseren domin a samar da hanyar da marigayi Chief MKO Abiola zai fito a matsayin ɗan takarar jam'iyyarmu ta siyasa a wannan zaɓen. Haka kuma, a shekara ta 2003, yawancin gwamnonin jam'iyyar PDP mai mulki a lokacin sun yi ƙoƙarin shawo kaina in watsar da goyon bayana ga Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo, in maimakon haka in tsaya takarar shugaban ƙasa da kaina. Na ƙi amincewa da tayinsu; na yi imani cewa hakan ya saɓa wa ƙa'idar zagayawar madafun iko. Idan aka zaɓe ni shugaban ƙasa a shekara ta 2027, zan ɗaga matakin shugabanci a Najeriya. Zai tabbata cewa mutane masu cancanta kawai, ko dai daga Kudu ko Arewa, za su kasance da ƙarfin gwiwa su gabatar da kansu domin su gaje ni.

An fassara amsoshin da ke wannan shafin daga Turanci ta hanyar na'ura kuma fassarar bata riga ta bi ta hannun mai fassara ba.

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Would you support zoning when it doesn’t personally benefit you and, if elected, would you support a Southern candidate to succeed you? Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-05 ›

Question: Would you support zoning when it doesn’t personally benefit you and, if elected, would you support a Southern candidate to succeed you? Answer: I am not sure that there has been any politician in Nigeria who has made more sacrifice than me to protect the principle of power rotation. In the 1993 presidential election that produced the infamous June 12 crisis arising from the annulment of the presidential election, I withdrew from the race to create a path for the late Chief MKO Abiola to emerge as the candidate of our political party in that election. Similarly, in 2003, an overwhelming number of governors of the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attempted to prevail on me to jettison my support for President Olusegun Obasanjo and, instead, run for president myself. I declined their offer; I believed it was contrary to the zoning principle. If I am elected president in 2027, I would raise the bar of governance in Nigeria. It will be certain that only people with credible credentials—either from the South or North—will be bold enough to present themselves to succeed me.

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