Goodluck Jonathan, but under one condition; he will support their
preferred candidate to become president in 2019.
The elders led by elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, had visited
the Presidential Villa, Abuja last week for further talks on a pact to
support Jonathan for re-election.
The group was said to have met with Vice President Namadi Sambo.
Sources confirmed to Vanguard that the key message conveyed through
the Vice President to Jonathan was the need for assurances that power
would revert to the North in 2019.
Although Jonathan had agreed to their terms, the elders reportedly
came specifically last week to get words from the Villa that the
North-west would be backed for the Presidency in 2019.
It was learnt that the northern elders had wanted to secure the
assurances so as to be in the best position to define their messages
to strategic elders and leaders of the North.
"The deal right now is to see how the North would reciprocate years of
South-south backing with support for Jonathan, while the President
will in turn back a northern candidate to succeed him in 2019. With
that pact sealed, we have a concrete message for the North," a source
who knows about the situation told Vanguard.
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