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THE Northern Elders Forum has said the north was in the process of rebuilding itself and was not prepared to play second fiddle in a nation where it clearly enjoys numerical strength.<\/div>\n
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\nDirector of Publicity and Advocacy of the NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said this while delivering a keynote address at the maiden Maitama Sule Lecture Series organized by the students\u2019 wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups, held at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe will lead Nigeria the way we have led Nigeria before whether we are President or Vice President, we will lead Nigeria. We have the majority of the votes and democracy says vote whom you want.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy should we accept a second class position when we know we can buy a form and contest for first class and we will win?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy does anybody need to threaten us and intimidate us? We will get that power but be humble because power comes from God. We inherited leadership and being honest is not being stupid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe North has pride; we are humble enough to know that we are going to run Nigeria with other people but we are not going to pay a second fiddle to anybody. We may not have the most robust economy, there are people who are trying to strangulate us even more than we are being strangled.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cWe are ready for this. We will consider every economic adversity, challenge. We will fix the Northern economy and we are the only one who can fix this Northern economy. For that reason, we are not for sale. We are in the process of rebuilding the North and we will rebuild the North from 2023.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWhether the North holds power in 2023 or not anybody who wants to break up in this country will say so, they are just looking for excuses. This is democracy. If they don\u2019t like what Nigeria is, they will say they want to break up from this country, we don\u2019t pay attention to those people, we are focused on the fact that we are running a democratic system.”<\/p>\n

The NEF\u2019s spokesman added, \u201cIf the majority of Nigeria voters vote for a candidate from the North and he becomes the President and somebody doesn\u2019t want to live under the Nigeria President, the person can leave.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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