Kí ni ìhìn yín sí àwọn olùdìbò Gúúsù-Ìlà-Oòrùn lórí ìfẹ́ wọn láti ní ipò ààrẹ àti kí nìdí tí wọ́n fi gbọ́dọ̀ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé yín?

Mo ti sọ léraléra pé èmi ni afárá ìṣèlú tó dára jùlọ láti mú àlá ipò ààrẹ fún Gúúsù Ìlà Oòrùn ṣẹ. Mo ń sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí pẹ̀lú ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ tó tó, bí a ṣe ní ìtàn kan náà. Gúúsù Ìlà Oòrùn àti Àríwá Ìlà Oòrùn, ibi tí mo ti wá, gbọ́dọ̀ ṣiṣẹ́ pọ̀ nínú ìlànà iṣẹ́ àgbékalẹ̀ gbogbo Nàìjíríà láti darí ìjíròrò fún àtúnṣe àìdọ́gba ìpínpín agbára ní Nàìjíríà. Ìké tó ń pè fún ipò ààrẹ Gúúsù Ìlà Oòrùn jẹ́ ohun tó bọ́gbọ́n mu gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìké tó ń pè fún ipò ààrẹ Àríwá Ìlà Oòrùn. Mo gbàgbọ́ pé lórí ìfohùnṣọ̀kan àti ìfọwọ́sowọ́pọ̀ ni Gúúsù Ìlà Oòrùn àti Àríwá Ìlà Oòrùn ṣe lè ṣàṣeyọrí góńgó láti mú ààrẹ Nàìjíríà jáde. Kò sí èyí tí ó lè dá dúró ṣe é nìkan.

Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.

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What would you say to South-East voters who believe that their region has been denied a fair opportunity to produce the president and why should they trust you? Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-05 ›

Question: What would you say to South-East voters who believe that their region has been denied a fair opportunity to produce the president and why should they trust you? Answer: I have said repeatedly that I represent the best political bridge to actualize the dream of a Southeast presidency. I make the assertion with all sense of modesty based on our shared history. The Southeast and the Northeast, where I come from, must work together within the framework of a pan-Nigerian project to lead negotiation for correcting the power-sharing imbalance in Nigeria. The clamour for Southeast presidency is as valid as the clamour for Northeast presidency. I believe that it is based on mutual understanding and cooperation that the Southeast and Northeast can achieve the goal of producing a president of Nigeria—neither can go it alone.

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