The proposal for a regional state of emergency was made not by Obasanjo but by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar a northerner closely allied to ex-General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau the National Security Advisor...
It seems at first that Obasanjo was neutral though his Vice-President Atiku Abubakar favoured Okadigbo...
At the FT conference Vice-President-elect Atiku Abubakar said the incoming administration was not in a position to prevent such activities but pledged a review once the new government was in place...
As a south-westerner himself with his running mate Atiku Abubakar from the north-eastern Adamawa State the gaps are obvious: key roles must be found for candidates from Igboland in the south-east from the emirates of the north-west from the powerful and vocal Middle-belt of the country and from the oil-producing Niger Delta the so-called ‘South-South’...
