₦airaland Forum

Radicalwarrior:
Nigeria is at a crossroads once again. The storm clouds are gathering, and if the nation refuses to act decisively and justly, a second civil war may be inevitable. The exclusion of the South East — the homeland of the Igbo people — from the highest office in the land is pushing Nigeria to the brink. If the Igbo are denied the presidency in 2027, the consequences could be catastrophic. Not just politically, but existentially.


The scars of the 1967–1970 Biafra War have never truly healed. Over 3 million Igbos were killed in a war triggered largely by marginalization, ethnic violence, and the fight for justice and inclusion. Yet, 54 years later, the Igbo people have still never been allowed to produce a democratically elected president of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the three major ethnic groups in the country — alongside the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba — the Igbos remain politically sidelined at the national level.am

Yoruba presidency: 1999–2007 (Olusegun Obasanjo)

Hausa-Fulani presidency: 2007–2023 (Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari)

South-South (Ijaw): 2010–2015 (Goodluck Jonathan)

South East (Igbo): Never


This systematic exclusion is not just unjust — it is unsustainable.

The South East may be the smallest of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones by land mass, but the Igbo people are one of the most widely spread, industrious, and economically impactful ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Igbos control over 60% of Nigeria’s informal trade and business in major cities — Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and beyond.

The region has some of the highest literacy and school enrollment rates in the country.

Igbo Nigerians lead in the diaspora, sending billions in remittances annually and promoting Nigeria’s image globally.

It is politically dangerous and morally indefensible to keep such a group excluded from the presidency while expecting peace and unity.


The rise of pro-Biafra separatist movements like IPOB is not random — it is a direct reaction to decades of marginalization. When a people feel unheard and unwanted, they seek to leave. IPOB, MASSOB, and others have gained traction because the Nigerian state continues to treat the South East as second-class citizens.

Denying the region the presidency in 2027 will radicalize millions of young Igbos already disillusioned with the country. This will turn agitation into full-blown rebellion. And this time, it won’t just be a political crisis — it could be an armed insurrection.


A nation cannot survive when it is built on selective inclusion. You cannot call for unity while promoting exclusion. Every region in Nigeria must have a sense of belonging. Every major ethnic group must see itself represented in the highest office.

Zoning and rotation have been used to maintain balance — North and South taking turns.

The North has ruled for 14 of the last 24 years.

The South West and South South have had their turns.

It is only just that the South East should take its rightful place in 2027.


If zoning is abandoned now that it's the South East’s turn, it will be seen — rightly — as a deliberate strategy to keep Igbos perpetually excluded. That perception will destroy whatever fragile unity still exists in Nigeria.


Nigeria’s youth — more than 60% of the population — are not blind to ethnic injustice. Many young people from all over Nigeria supported Peter Obi, an Igbo man, in the 2023 election, seeing him as a symbol of hope and change. Despite not winning, the message was clear: the South East has national appeal and leadership capacity.

To deny the region in 2027 is to betray a generation looking for fairness. Youth anger in the South East, if left to boil over, will not be limited to protests. It could evolve into an uncontainable security nightmare for Nigeria.

The first civil war was fought with limited weapons and international awareness. A second civil war will be fought in a 21st-century Nigeria filled with armed non-state actors, widespread internet activism, drone technology, and porous borders. A war today will not stay in the East. It will burn across Nigeria and likely draw in foreign interests.

It is better to give justice and preserve peace than to suppress justice and ignite war.


2027 is a moral test for Nigeria. If equity, justice, and national cohesion still matter, the Igbo people must produce the next president. This is not a threat — it is a warning grounded in history, current reality, and future consequence.

To continue to exclude the Igbos is to choose the path of instability, chaos, and perhaps disintegration.

Let us not wait for another war to realize what could have been prevented with wisdom.

Arrant nonsense. so you now have your turn but when Tinubu said emilokan, my turn, you guys went on convulsion. there is no pathway to igbo presidency in 2027. you people should better start clamouring for Biafra now. another civil will lead to south east damaged beyond repair.

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God1000:
I hope south Korea is watching this, first he abandoned Ukraine and insulted NATO and the entire Europe, it is better for these countries to abandon america completely for protection and normalize relations with their big neighbors.


Trump admires the likes of Vladimir Putin of Russia, xi jinping of china and Kim of north Korea so much that he will rather sell US allies to these countries than doing the needful

He fears them not admire cos he knows what the individual monsters can do individually talk more collectively. he can't go against their interests. the three of them has no regard for America. they also have all manners of weapon just like America.

CocaineLord:
Just go and produce a Hollywood movie with the litter funds you've embezzled.

If you know Gbajabiamila's influence in Surulere politics, you'll know Desmond is a goner.

He can be compensated with the post of a commissioner under Obafemi hamzat if he supports Tinubu and Hamzat in 2027

you are saying he made small funds. I don't think you know what this guy's make, expecially rich state. since my governor okpebholo enter, he has been given house of assembly members 30m monthly as constituency allowance and that amount to 360m yearly outside their salary, and others. imagine what Lagos state members will get. six people bought house of assembly form in my constituency including the current members and it has never happen before under apc and no one is up to fifty years old. they are spending cash up and down just to win the primaries and loot. money too dey Niger politics. Desmond Elliot knows that and he may not get another opportunity again but he is selfish.

potent5:
Apologies not accepted. Desmond, go back to Nollywood. No be only you Waka come.

Desmond Elliot attitude just prove that most youth can't be trusted with power. he was not even a performer. after three tenure and the power that be felt it should be given to another person, is he not suppose to comply and hold a special thanksgiving after his tenure ended next year may and appreciate God's blessing upon his life. there are many far better politician in his constituency who were in the party before him and contributing thier quota but yet he was favoured in 2015. It just show he went there for personal gain and what he made within a year as legislator, I don't think he made that in his entire acting career.

Sunshine34:
So at your age, you still don't know the truth but only propaganda.

He knows the truth but igbo presidency agenda on the beat. expect marginalization from them after presidential election. Biafra will be fully activated. they keep missing it like yakubu. they just made Tinubu reelection easier than expected.

Boladogailese:
But fuel has become more expensive since he built the refinery, he for just buy Arsenal

If not for dangote intervention, with the removal of subsidy and the america- isreal war against Iran, Nigerians would have be buying fuel for nothing less than 10k per litre cos the ever greedy oil marketers will put all the blame on the war to take advantage of the current situation. no matter what, he tried when you consider the series of bottleneck he is facing. he buys most of the crude abroad in dollar. he is a trailblazer and no any other businessman in Nigeria today come close. we have been shouting power failure since over ten years now and no Nigeria businessman have be able to provide sufficient and stable power. otedola, adeleke and nnaji are just scratching the surface but wait when dangote enter and see much improvement. hope you heard him of projecting 20,000 mw of electricity. meanwhile the richest igbo man, Arthur eze is busy building hotel inside enugu airport. hope is see sharp difference. with the money he made from Niger delta oil through IBB, this is what he was able to do. dangote remains a big blessing to nigeria and Africa.

Memphis357:
While the wealth Tinubu has been spreading in Lagos every 4 years is Rice, Maggi, vegetable oil, Indomie noodles, Spaghetti and 3k.... and you're OK with that, abi?

Tinubu is the face behind OANDO and it was establish long before he join politics. they are among the big players in the oil and gas sector. you can't compare the brain of Tinubu to the dullard who struggle to graduate as a philosophy student. he is just a trader who use the opportunity of tin can island under Abacha to monopolize certain product. why did he not brought atleast one of the companies to anambra as governor and partner with them by setting up a branch. tinubu vision of free trade zone, gave birth to dangote refinery and others. if you live in Lagos, just pay a visit to ibeju lekki and see for yourself.

AllBlack:
Lovely insight there.

But he wants to do it with a whole country of over 350 different languages, different territories and terrains, complex political and geopolitical structure, deep rooted poverty... in just 4 years

They are just after igbo presidency and they saw him as the only available candidate presently even when they know he is so empty. he can't do all in small anambra for eight years but want to do all in four years in a complex Nigeria. obi is among those who damaged our economy through importation and yet he keep preaching consumption to production.

Bridget95:
Have you been to Anambra in your life. It is sad how people condem someone without verification. Obi transformed Anambra in every sector when he was governor. Do you think being governor for eight years is sufficient to make Anambra to become Ney York?

Which transformation. I knows anambra very well. Outside Soludo now, Ngige constructed most road and very durable ones. obi didn't achieve anything meaningful in infrastructure and health. under his tenure, doctors working in the state went on strike for a whole one year and a month. which kind a leader that will allow the critical health sector to grounded for that long. he was lucky social media was not access then. in education, I will give him pass mark. he keep shouting wealth creation but anambra indigene are known to commit the highest number of crime rate in Nigeria and it didn't just started today. in every ten crime committed expecially drug, south east is likely to be eight and anambarian will be six. there is nothing enterprising in him. since 2022, I have watch many of his interview about economy and he always answer out of point. last year, Rufai interviewed him and I can see from his face how disappointed he is but because he has soft mind for him and he is sympathetic to igbo presidency, he couldn't show is displeasure.

INTEGRITYA1:
All of you want to remain in the Senate for life, can't you people function outside politics.

He was a successful businessman before he entered politics. even the current governor is an oil magnate. go and Google HEYDEN petroleum. they have tried for their self and politics might just be their last destination. what matter most is good representation. the current governor, Daniel and amosun use to be very good friends before politics.

seunmsg:
If not for them, the south would have become perpetually enslaved to the north. They stood to be counted when it mattered the most. Kudos to them.

You are very right. no matter what, kudos to them. help me check on Aminda. he may be so depressed now after obi and Kwankwaso disengagement from Atiku Democratic Congress(ADC)

Sonofgod1990:
Goalllllllllllll remain 5 goals tonight

I said It

Arsenal 0 vs Burnley 3

Inshallah

The acid test is against high flying bounamouth who are at home. city can't win that game. best they can do is get a draw. when they play them next Wednesday and arsenal will celebrate because they will definitely win Burnley.

IronCondemned:
Where did you copy this from?

Oga abeg you, Rivers State doesn't need someone as soft as tissue like Fubara. Rivers people are too strong headed and need someone operating in that same frequency to govern the state.
Peter Odili was a mafia when he governed. Do anyhow and get eliminated.
Amaechi would not even give you the breathing space for any opposition.
Wike was a typical tyrant and dictator who use the state powers and street boys to take care of his political enemies.

How come Fubara's case became different. If he knows that he doesn't have the same energy or political clout to fight Wike why did he start it in the first place, why not wait until second tenure. He started something he couldn't finish and you people are asking for peace.

A whole governor who controls multiple billions couldn't buy over at least 10 to 15 house of Assembly members to his side, is that one a governor? He should shift let those who are ready to govern mount the stage.

That is what I also said. he should have be patient and build his political base cos he was a civil servant turn governor. you don't build loyalist over night. those assembly members has been with Wike for long but you can get some to your side. he miscalculate. he came from a region who we knows to be bold and fearless. he should have buy over asari dokubu and those ijaw militants. with them talking Wike would not have be so bold to go against them cos if he tru then the president will call him to order because oil facilities will be destroyed and Tinubu knows the economy effect.. Ikwerres cant match ijaws in war at anything time.

Obakoolex:
Guyman don wise after realizing that obidients support na doom

He fought to early. he should have be patient to tolerate Wike for atleast two years, so that he too would have gotten loyalist before fighting. he wasn't a political but a civil servant that God used Wike to elevate him. loyalty can't be bought over night but with time, he would have achieve is aim and fight Wike. he just listen to the like of odilii who couldn't even stand properly by him when the chips were down. many people don't even know the role Tinubu played at the critical time when the state house of assembly loyal to Wike were at the verge of impeaching him. At this point, there is nothing he can do. obaseki was able to fight oshiomohle not because he was powerful but most critical stakeholders in Edo state and some close allies of buhari then like el rufai stood by him. how many rivers stakeholders stood by him. in 2024 when most of Edo critical stakeholders left obaseki's camp, he was empty and he couldn't deliver his anointed candidate. he offend a lot of them and they just supported the APC candidate and they make sure he won at all cost, just to shame obaseki.

Tenses:
This Desmond Id1ot wants to go against the builder of lagos?


This is what you get when you place your fellow human in the same estate as a god of your fore fathers.

what nonsense are you saying. he has been there for three consecutive term and he was tagged as non performer. when he commissioned pako bridge some years ago, can u deny you didn't mock him. Tinubu is too big to be discussing Desmond Elliot. his people simply don't want him again like the oshodi/isolo rep guy. they are not going back again.

safarifarms:
He traveled there with Business men.
Nigerian presidents will go with their family, 50 Special Assistants & 7 governors. Some of which will go ahead and wait to receiving over there when he arrives.

go and observe siesta cos your brain is hot. don't you see his son with Elon musk. emergency lovers of Nigeria I hail oh.

mayor1814:
Ogbeni calm down, the last time Xi Jinping visited USA whether during trump time or Obama time or Biden time , no president received him at d airport... So dead this agenda

You lied. trump has be humbled. he waent to negotiate with China over Iran. the guy you quoted was right. people like you keep masturbating when Tinubu travel oversea with some person and his son. go and check how many people followed him to China. emergency lovers of Nigeria.

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franchasng:
Peter Obi that won 2023 Presidential election before it was rigged by INEC and allowed by Buhari should step down for who?


Yes Peter Obi won the highest number of votes cast in 2023 Presidential election. What I cannot say is if he got the national spread required to declare him President and if INEC had allowed polling unit result upload on irev portal to be done as they promised even on eve of the election, we all would have known if Peter Obi got the national spread or not.



But as for highest votes, Peter Obi won 2023 Presidential election hands down.


He used over a million votes to win Tinubu in Lagos and the Margin was massively reduced to bring Tinubu votes closer.


Peter Obi won Rivers state with nearly a million votes margin, Wike used security and INEC to overturn the votes in favor of Tinubu.


The same happened in Benue state, Ondo, Oyo, Borno, Plateau, Bayelsa, etc.

Only a fool will still using 2023 election to determine 2027. religious sentiment obi and most of his people explored will not work again. northern Muslim are even agree that Tinubu has favoured Christian most. obi will not get up to 50% of north central votes in 2027 he got before.

BrokenTV:
Which is good for you, quality 4 years of good leadership or disastrous 8 year's of bad leadership.

did obi offer quality governance in anambra. most political leaders knows it is just igbo presidency that obi is exploring but won't succumb to him. as it stand now, 2039 is the only time and that also depends on your voting in 2027 expecially.

Kanwulia:
Must Obi deputize Atiku?
Atiku has every right to contest. BUT NOT WITH OBI.

Baba Atiku do not step down. Obi has moved on. You and your minions should move on please!

Not by force abeg.

Amaechi or Okonkwo dey available.
Thank you!😊

the quickest way too igbo presidency would have be Atiku and obi ticket. you guys should leave emotion from politicking. the core north will never channel thier votes to obi ahead of Atiku and Tinubu. Kwankwaso don't posses that political sagacity to deliver massive vote for his joint ticket with obi. he is limited to Kano state and that is been threatening now by the governor. I just hope you guys won't start shouting been marginalize after January election. the north will prefer to vote Atiku massively if they are no longer comfortable with Tinubu than obi. politics is not about sentiment but strategy and calculation. you saw how most APC leaders in Edo state rejected the current deputy governor who was from same senatorial zone with obaseki then. even thou oshiomohle was the apex leader of the state but they hold their ground and at last, Tinubu saw reason and talk to oshiomohle. there will never be an igbo presidency in 2027. you guys are just giving Kwankwaso south support base ahead of 2031. he is just to smart.

Ola9ja23:
Are Northerners no longer cows or terrorists?

Have you forgotten all the adjectives used to describe the northers since 2015 ?

wonderful time to be a Nigerian

Kwankwaso is just playing with their emotion cos he knows they are very vulnerable politically. he knows they won't win 2027 but before 2031 when power return back to the north, he would have build a strong base in the south, especially south east. Atiku and Tinubu will always get the larger northern votes in 2027.

sleek214:
This Rufai Oseni is really dumb.

Very dumb. I was ashamed of him while watching. how can you say because Nigeria is looking for foreign investor and the life of Nigerians been killed in south africa don't matter. oshiomohle said after his statement about normalizing mtn, the south Africa president quickly responded by condemning the attack because he is a major shareholder of mtn. they make their highest profit in Nigeria because of the huge number of users. Rufai is truly an emergency journalist. he need a crash course on journalism.

kolaa007:
I guess we can all benefit from this thread. Looking to start farming on 10 acre should i just do cassava jeje or go into palm or do poultry but i think poultry wahala is too much and require much resources

Go into pineapple farming cos it is lucrative. cows can't penetrate it to be destroyed because of it sharp nature. hotels, clubs and lounge need it for cocktails. Google davidorlah farm to learn more.

Tenses:
We have extremely stupid people as leader.

The economy is already stretched yet you lockup a business that is a source of livelihood to a lot of people.

What happens to sanctions like fines, low rating index etc.

So because the economy is stressed, the government should not bother of peoples health. it is a temporary closure that will ensure the business outfit to do the necessary cleaning. you just sound like rufai this morning who said oshiomohle should not have called for the sanction of mtn by Nigerians takeover because the government is looking for foreign investor but oshiomohle schooled him that so Nigerians should be continue to be killed in south africa and the Nigeria wont bother because we are looking for investors. make una try they make use of the God given free medular oblongata.

HacheNoire:
Wike and Fubara are very important and strategic personalities in our great party.

If our party must hold power beyond 2039, we must make foster equity and equality.

His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) should step in and mediate on matters arising in Rivers state.

We have come to far to start have conflicts on minor issues.

Complete it. allowing obidients from south east who urge him to fight Wike were his greatest undoing. be careful how you listen to them. none of them were physically with him when the trouble started but they are now quick to call him a weakling.

Kobicove:
His humiliation is only just getting started

He wanted to run faster than his shadow.

How can you start fighting your benefactor less than six months after you assumed office...in your first tenor for that matter

I don't like Wike highandedness for a bit but he is currently the most dangerous and calculative politician from rivers state. fubara should have waited like two or three years or even after his reelection to dismantle him. you don't control the house assembly and you are fighting your predecessor who control it and with federal power to his advantage. that was a political suicide by fubara.

DonBigE:
Nigeria my country!!!! Only OBI can save us at this point! Vote NDC, vote for better Nigeria!

obi has nothing to offer. all the interview I have watch him about economy and security solution he had was very empty. you guys are just supporting him base on igbo presidency.

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HacheNoire:
Even after saying the truth, Obidients will still attack him.

They will never accept the truth and make amendment but wait and see the kind of insult, they will rain on him. bitter mobs. religious sentiment that brought obi popularity in 2023 has dwindled.