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A Yoruba Group known as the South West Agenda (SWAGA) group has revealed there was an agreement between the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that ACN block from the south will produce candidate after the tenure of President Mohammadu Buhari.
The group alleged that the agreement was made while forming the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014.
SWAGA vice chairman, Senator Adesoji Akanbi, revealed this during an interview with an online media platform, The Nation on Wednesday.
Akanbi, however said that the ggentlemanagreement was not documented in black and white.
According to him, the agreement was still valid and members of both blocks are fully aware of it.
He said: “There was a gentleman agreement, though not written, between the then CPC and ACN on rotational presidency.
“The thinking was that it would help keep Nigeria as one indivisible entity. We believe that the ACN has sacrificed a lot for the formation of the APC. Therefore, Southern Nigeria should produce the next president.
“At SWAGA, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is our third agenda. He is the candidate that can win election for Southwest. If we are opportuned as a zone to produce the candidate that has appeal to other zones, Tinubu is the one.”
