Clues emerged over the weekend that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some retired army generals are in support of a power shift to the South in 2023.
It was also gathered that the former president, Obasanjo, and former generals are disposed to having any of President of the African Development Bank, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina; former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Mohgalu, emerge as President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor.
A close ally of the former president, Obasanjo, and some of the generals, who spoke with Vanguard in confidence, however, ruled out the possibility of supporting former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election.
Besides, the source said that the former National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, is being favored to emerge as vice president.
The source said: “He (Obasanjo) supports power shift to the South. The people he has indicated an interest in general and not specifically are Akinwumi Adesina, Peter Obi, and Kingsley Moghalu.
”Then in the North, he likes Attahiru Jega (former INEC chairman) to be the running mate. He is not supporting Atiku at all. He supports power-shift.”
