Since the end of the 2023 general elections where result from the Southeast showed that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the election, Peter Obi, scored about 98% of votes cast in the region, opposition party supporters have accused the region of turning in such voting pattern because Peter Obi is Igbo. They accuse the region of not giving votes to other candidates.

But are their allegations true or mischievous and outrightly malicious?

To answer the above question we need to take a retrospective look at how the Southeast has always voted since 1999.

In 1999, the Southeast voted Obasanjo only.
In 2003, the Southeast voted Obasanjo only again.
In 2007, the Southeast voted Yaradua only.
In 2011, the Southeast voted Jonathan only.
In 2015, the Southeast voted Jonathan only again.
In 2019, the Southeast voted Atiku only.
And then, in 2023, the Southeast voted Peter Obi only.

From the above, you can clearly see that over the years, once the Southeast people choose a candidate they vote in one direction for that candidate without splitting their votes.

Again, since 1999, 2023 is the only time they voted for a candidate from the region. Other times they have always voted non-Igbos.

Just so we get a better perspective of what we are talking about, in 2003, Ojukwu ran for the presidency under APGA but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In that same 2003, Buhari had an Igbo running mate but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In 2007, Orji Uzor Kalu ran for the presidency under PPA but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In that same year, Buhari once again chose an Igbo running mate but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

Still in the same 2007, Atiku had an Igbo running mate, Ben Obi, but the southeast still didn’t vote for him.

The Southeast voted for Yaradua instead. Yaradua was from the Northwest and had an Ijaw man from the Southsouth but the Southeast voted for him over other tickets that had Igbos on them.

Then, the only one time Igbos voted an Igbo man, they have been called tribalists and whatever names.

And the question is why?

Wise people

Apt A known fact.

Is it true that the 25% FCT case was thrown out by the courts against Peter Obi?
Chineke mee ebere. Penguin2 is there still hope for us to take our stolen mandate back? Please can somebody renew my hope in our cases at the tribunal.

Brother Bernard… (anticipating a fall)

While Brother Bernad falls down which is a comic relief, permit me to say that Igbos know next to nothing about politics. They play politics with sentiments and emotions, they play politics with hatred and envy, they’re not united and that’s why they’re never at the front burner of National politics in this country. The government at the top involve them in politics at the National level and give them appointments simply because they’re Nigerians and there’s need to carry them along. Which is good.

A typical Igbo man will put money in front first before considering anything else. Imagine the igbo people kidnapping a sitting governor inside his office. They sit at their comfort zone and want everything handed over to them. It is not done like that. For how long did Tinubu start his plans to become the president? It took him years. More than 20years. That’s how it works.

I feel there’s need for my Igbo brothers and sisters to start Planning now. Because after Tinubu comes down as president after 8years, the south east guys will take over. But if they fail in their attempt to come together, then they will fail again and the position will return back to the North.

God will keep blessing igbos no matter what

And the one time they chose to rally behind their own son, they were labeled tribalists and bigots. I don't blame those who insults the igbos. I blame the igbos who let them. They will never move that mad with Edo people or even the South South at large.

The Igbos voting for PO in the just concluded general election is on the ground of competence,
Mind you, it wasn't just the Igbos that voted massively for PO, but the Yorubas too,
Is see no tribal bigotry there.

TELL THEM

Zxcvbnmghtr:
Is it true that the 25% FCT case was thrown out by the courts against Peter Obi?
Chineke mee ebere. Penguin2 is there still hope for us to take our stolen mandate back? Please can somebody renew my hope in our cases at the tribunal.

Biafra is the only hope. If you don’t see this now, you'll see it one day.

South East region sabi better things since from time immemorial

Penguin2:
Since the end of the 2023 general elections where result from the Southeast showed that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the election, Peter Obi, scored about 98% of votes cast in the region, opposition party supporters have accused the region of turning in such voting pattern because Peter Obi is Igbo. They accuse the region of not giving votes to other candidates.

But are their allegations true or mischievous and outrightly malicious?

To answer the above question we need to take a retrospective look at how the Southeast has always voted since 1999.

In 1999, the Southeast voted Obasanjo only.
In 2003, the Southeast voted Obasanjo only again.
In 2007, the Southeast voted Yaradua only.
In 2011, the Southeast voted Jonathan only.
In 2015, the Southeast voted Jonathan only again.
In 2019, the Southeast voted Atiku only.
And then, in 2023, the Southeast voted Peter Obi only.

From the above, you can clearly see that over the years, once the Southeast people choose a candidate they vote in one direction for that candidate without splitting their votes.

Again, since 1999, 2023 is the only time they voted for a candidate from the region. Other times they have always voted non-Igbos.

Just so we get a better perspective of what we are talking about, in 2003, Ojukwu ran for the presidency under APGA but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In that same 2003, Buhari had an Igbo running mate but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In 2007, Orji Uzor Kalu ran for the presidency under PPA but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

In that same year, Buhari once again chose an Igbo running mate but the Southeast didn’t vote for him.

Still in the same 2007, Atiku had an Igbo running mate, Ben Obi, but the southeast still didn’t vote for him.

The Southeast voted for Yaradua instead. Yaradua was from the Northwest and had an Ijaw man from the Southsouth but the Southeast voted for him over other tickets that had Igbos on them.

Then, the only one time Igbos voted an Igbo man, they have been called tribalists and whatever names.

And the question is why?

The fact is that the Igbos are the most detribalised tribe in Nigeria


The Igbos are in every nooks and crannies of this country. Infact, there is this saying that any where you go and you don't find an Igbo man don't stay.

From the voting pattern since 1999, the Igbos have been voting candidates of other ethnic groups even when the Igbos are on the ballot as we observed in 2003.

the 2023 election was very unique. Unique in the sense that, it is the first time the Igbos wholeheartedly voted an Igbo man. They did not vote the Igbo man because he is Igbo but because he was the most qualified amongst all the presidential candidates

The Peter Obi candidacy wasn't an Igbo affair, it was a Pan Nigeria affair, the Igbos only keyed in because of their Pan Nigeria disposition

One Yoruba guy was telling me that Obasanjo isn't a Yoruba man and that he's got no root from the Yorubas...... Even asked me of there are people who answers the name Obasanjo in Yoruba land....


Simply because he's loved by the Igbos ....


Tribalism is worse than racism....

Politics is a game, in soccer once your opponent know you're a one way player, forget you're doom. same applies to politics, SE always go one way in politics by voting for one party, Taking SW for instance, Lp won Lagos state, PDP won Osun state, Apc won remaining states, that's the beauty of playing politics in a safer way.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
Is it true that the 25% FCT case was thrown out by the courts against Peter Obi?
Chineke mee ebere. Penguin2 is there still hope for us to take our stolen mandate back? Please can somebody renew my hope in our cases at the tribunal.

I don’t believe you are Igbo nor an Obi supporter but I will try to answer your question; not for your sake per se but for the sake of others.

What the Federal High Court ruled was that it had no Jurisdiction to entertain the case since the matter was already before the Presidential Election Petition Court which is a higher court than the High Court.

Secondly, the court ruled that those who brought the matter lacked the locus standi to institute the matter in the first place since they were not candidates in the election.

Now, the ruling of this court has absolutely no effect on the case of Peter Obi before the PEPC. Every ground of Obi’s petition is still alive as of this moment I’m speaking with you.

So, don’t gloat, I’d advise you enjoy your Tinubu government with a suspended breath because Obi is coming.

Frank688915:
Politics is a game, in soccer once your opponent know you're a one way player, forget you're doom. same applies to politics, SE always go one way in politics by voting for one party, Taking SW for instance, Lp won Lagos state, PDP won Osun state, Apc won remaining states, that's the beauty of playing politics in a safer way.

But do you now agree that Southeast voting pattern in the last election was not because Obi is Igbo but because he satisfied what other candidates they have voted in the past satisfied?

Ofunaofu:


The fact is that the Igbos are the most detribalised tribe in Nigeria


The Igbos are in every nooks and crannies of this country. Infact, there is this saying that any where you go and you don't find an Igbo man don't stay.

From the voting pattern since 1999, the Igbos have been voting candidates of other ethnic groups even when the Igbos are on the ballot as we observed in 2003.

the 2023 election was very unique. Unique in the sense that, it is the first time the Igbos wholeheartedly voted an Igbo man. They did not vote the Igbo man because he is Igbo but because he was the most qualified amongst all the presidential candidates

The Peter Obi candidacy wasn't an Igbo affair, it was a Pan Nigeria affair, the Igbos only keyed in because of their Pan Nigeria disposition

The question now is, how do we make Tinubu Owambe boys understand this thing you have written in simple English like this?

You can see they are avoiding this thread like plague because they have no response to the incontrovertible facts I’ve laid bare here.

Penguin2:

I don’t believe you are Igbo nor an Obi supporter but I will try to answer your question; not for your sake per se but for the sake of others.

What the Federal High Court ruled was that it had no Jurisdiction to entertain the case since the matter was already before the Presidential Election Petition Court which is a higher court than the High Court.

Secondly, the court ruled that those who brought the matter lacked the locus standi to institute the matter in the first place since they were not candidates in the election.

Now, the ruling of this court has absolutely no effect on the case of Peter Obi before the PEPC. Every ground of Obi’s petition is still alive as of this moment I’m speaking with you.

So, don’t gloat, I’d advise you enjoy your Tinubu government with a suspended breath because Obi is coming.

Thank you for renewing my hope.

You voted PDP not candidate, you trying to fool who?

If it's about competency, no sane Nigeria will Obi ahead of Tinubu... Majority of Nigeria choose competency to vote jagaban as our president..

Penguin2:


But do you now agree that Southeast voting pattern in the last election was not because Obi is Igbo but because he satisfied what other candidates they have voted in the past satisfied?

No, they feel being cheated by pdp, and they don't have other choice than to support obi. Normally Igbo can never voted apc even if they choose igbo candidate, reason is because igbo and pdp are 5&6, if obi was not in the ballot, they will still vote massively for pdp.

Ofunaofu:


The fact is that the Igbos are the most detribalised tribe in Nigeria


The Igbos are in every nooks and crannies of this country. Infact, there is this saying that any where you go and you don't find an Igbo man don't stay.

From the voting pattern since 1999, the Igbos have been voting candidates of other ethnic groups even when the Igbos are on the ballot as we observed in 2003.

the 2023 election was very unique. Unique in the sense that, it is the first time the Igbos wholeheartedly voted an Igbo man. They did not vote the Igbo man because he is Igbo but because he was the most qualified amongst all the presidential candidates

The Peter Obi candidacy wasn't an Igbo affair, it was a Pan Nigeria affair, the Igbos only keyed in because of their Pan Nigeria disposition

Obi was a pan southern affair

Penguin2:


But do you now agree that Southeast voting pattern in the last election was not because Obi is Igbo but because he satisfied what other candidates they have voted in the past satisfied?

Why did anambra not give him bloc votes in 2010

Frank688915:
No, they feel being cheated by pdp, and they don't have other choice than to support obi. Normally Igbo can never voted apc even if they choose igbo candidate, reason is because igbo and pdp are 5&6, if obi was not in the ballot, they will still vote massively for pdp.

If your claim that Southeast people and PDP is 5&5, then how do you explain how Obi won election in Anambra under APGA in 2003?🤔

garfield1:


Why did anambra not give him bloc votes in 2010

It was because the victims of his reforms campaigned vigorously against him. Those who wanted the old order wanted him out.

But by the end of his second term Anambra people had fallen deeply in love with him after the result of his reforms started manifesting.

That’s why till today, Anambra has not stopped singing Obi’s praise and rates no one above him. Or do you think Anambra are fools that don’t know who gave them good governance or do you think Obi cast a spell on them that they still venerate him till today?

benuejosh:
Brother Bernard… (anticipating a fall)

While Brother Bernad falls down which is a comic relief, permit me to say that Igbos know next to nothing about politics. They play politics with sentiments and emotions, they play politics with hatred and envy, they’re not united and that’s why they’re never at the front burner of National politics in this country. The government at the top involve them in politics at the National level and give them appointments simply because they’re Nigerians and there’s need to carry them along. Which is good.

A typical Igbo man will put money in front first before considering anything else. Imagine the igbo people kidnapping a sitting governor inside his office. They sit at their comfort zone and want everything handed over to them. It is not done like that. For how long did Tinubu start his plans to become the president? It took him years. More than 20years. That’s how it works.

I feel there’s need for my Igbo brothers and sisters to start Planning now. Because after Tinubu comes down as president after 8years, the south east guys will take over. But if they fail in their attempt to come together, then they will fail again and the position will return back to the North.

Shut up! Is it Yoruba planning that produced Tinubu? Show me where and how Yorubas held a meeting twenty years ago to choose Tinubu!

Tinubu is an ambitious man who happens to be Yoruba.

Stop the cap, South East was voting PDP alone and hoping that presidential ticket will be handed to them on a platter, alas they realised politics is game of interest.

Penguin2:


It was because the victims of his reforms campaigned vigorously against him. Those who wanted the old order wanted him out.

But by the end of his second term Anambra people had fallen deeply in love with him after the result of his reforms started manifesting.

That’s why till today, Anambra has not stopped singing Obi’s praise and rates no one above him. Or do you think Anambra are fools that don’t know who gave them good governance or do you think Obi cast a spell on them that they still venerate him till today?

Obi is average,he was never fantastic.umahi on the other hand is fantastic,chime was fantastic.obi is overhyped.he brought an average obiano and when he tried to bring an average val ozigbo and obaze,he was disgraced

Peter girigory Obi is now in Aso rock in Agulu

cazchi:


Biafra is the only hope. If you don’t see this now, you'll see it one day.

Biafra has come and gone 1967 to 1970 it is not coming again.

benuejosh:
Brother Bernard… (anticipating a fall)

While Brother Bernad falls down which is a comic relief, permit me to say that Igbos know next to nothing about politics. They play politics with sentiments and emotions, they play politics with hatred and envy, they’re not united and that’s why they’re never at the front burner of National politics in this country. The government at the top involve them in politics at the National level and give them appointments simply because they’re Nigerians and there’s need to carry them along. Which is good.

A typical Igbo man will put money in front first before considering anything else. Imagine the igbo people kidnapping a sitting governor inside his office. They sit at their comfort zone and want everything handed over to them. It is not done like that. For how long did Tinubu start his plans to become the president? It took him years. More than 20years. That’s how it works.

I feel there’s need for my Igbo brothers and sisters to start Planning now. Because after Tinubu comes down as president after 8years, the south east guys will take over. But if they fail in their attempt to come together, then they will fail again and the position will return back to the North.

An average Igbo man is not interested in your politics . You need to leave Makoko where you stay and visit the east . While you are waiting for your father to die so you will sell your family house , an igbo man is working hard to buy your fathers house from you . At the end of the day you will have no choice than to cry and hate on the Igbos … 😂😂

garfield1:


Obi is average,he was never fantastic.umahi on the other hand is fantastic,chime was fantastic.obi is overhyped.he brought an average obiano and when he tried to bring an average val ozigbo and obaze,he was disgraced

Of course I’m not expecting you to accept that Obi can even impregnate his wife😏.

But have you gone to Ebonyi to find out what an average Ebonyian thinks of Umahi?

You think good governance is about building unnecessary flyovers and useless airport that only about 1% of Ebonyi people can afford to use while paying workers mutilated salaries?