Buba Galadima has declared that the only path to genuine national unity in Nigeria is to allow the Southeast region to experience presidential power at this critical moment. He stressed that denying any major section of the country the opportunity to lead only deepens existing divisions and fuels persistent feelings of exclusion. According to him, granting the Southeast a turn at the highest office would serve as a powerful gesture of inclusion and help heal long standing regional grievances that continue to threaten the country’s cohesion.

In a related remark, Galadima clarified the nature of his criticism of President Bola Tinubu. He explained that his objections are not rooted in ethnic prejudice against the Yoruba people. Instead, he described Tinubu as a Yoruba irredentist whose approach to governance has concentrated nearly all the most lucrative and influential government appointments within his own ethnic group. Galadima argued that this pattern of preferential allocation, which he estimated at ninety nine percent of key positions, ultimately harms the Yoruba race itself. He warned that such exclusivity sets a dangerous precedent, because a future Nigerian leader from another group could easily replicate the same practice and thereby perpetuate a cycle of ethnic favoritism that weakens national institutions and public trust.

Galadima maintained that true statesmanship requires deliberate efforts to balance power across the federation rather than consolidating it within one region or ethnic bloc. He positioned the call for a Southeast presidency as both a matter of fairness and a strategic necessity for long term stability, insisting that only through such rotation can Nigeria move beyond mutual suspicion and build a more equitable political culture.