The Turaki Youth Vanguard, a support group for the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has warned Northern leaders against the temptation of entering into any deal with President Goodluck Jonathan on the need for him to do only one term if elected in 2011.

Reacting to a statement credited to the Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, that the President has pledged to serve only one term, the Turaki Youth Vanguard said it is the height of naivety for any Northern leader to believe that the President will honour his words if he (Jonathan) ever accepted such terms in return for Northern support in 2011.

According to the Youth Support group, no one should believe a President who brazenly declared that zoning doesn’t exist, despite being a major beneficiary of the power sharing arrangement, intended to eliminate the fears of domination and marginalization by one section of the country over another.

The Youth Vanguard wondered if a President that unilaterally repudiated an honourable agreement for the unity and stability of Nigeria for the sake of his desperate ambition should now be trusted by Northerners if he ever promised to serve only one term in 2011.It warned Northern politicians like Mukhtari Shagari not to be carried away by the sugar-coated assurances of a President who sacrifices honour for pure ambition, even if it leaves Nigerians bitterly divided.

On Shagari’s advice that the North should bother more about development rather than political power, the Vanguard asked the Sokoto State Deputy Governor to explain what development he brought to the North through the billions he received as allocation as the former Minister of Water Resources.

The Turaki Youth Vanguard said it was not surprised that Deputy Governor Shagari was championing this simplistic cause knowing how he had enthusiastically supported every government in power.“We are also aware of his inglorious role in promoting the evil Third Term agenda,” the statement added.