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Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by DomPerignon(op): 10:35am On Jun 06, 2025
Amaechi first openly declared that as an Ikwere man, that he is Ibo when he was a serving Minister under the Buhari adminstration.

Amaechi made that statement in response to a journalist asking him to comment on cririsicm of the Buhaei government marginalising the SE of federal appointments.

Amaechi replied that it was all nonesense and used his appointment as a Super Minister as an example claiming further that he is an Ibo man from Rivers state.

Amaechi is now backtracking and saying he made that statement out of political convineince . In short , Amaechi has confessed that he lied to decieve and that he isn't an Ibo man but an Ikwere .


Now the question is why is Amaechi backtracking ?

It serves no purpose and it is doing him real disservice to admit he lied for political convenience and he coming out with what he said will further alienate him from the SE core Ibo population.

So why did Amaechi suddenly decide to confess and state unequivocally that he isn't Ibo?

Did Amaechi need to come clean so as to assuage the northerners he is plotting with to get to Aso Rock on his real ethnicity ? And if so, does Amaechi see being Ibo as a real obstacle in gaining northern support?
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by sleek214(m): 11:43am On Jun 06, 2025
Simple, he wants the Northern votes and he knows the North won't vote an Ibo man
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by helinues: 11:50am On Jun 06, 2025
Mission accomplished already
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Warrior99: 11:57am On Jun 06, 2025
Ibos have NO POLITICAL VALUE as far as real politics is concerned in present day Nigeria.

Amaechi is simply trying to avoid political suicide 🤷🏾‍♂️
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Goosethetruth(m): 12:04pm On Jun 06, 2025
Ibo=No votes from North and South West.
Ikwerre =Votes from North and Southwest as a minority.

Amechi has always been a crafty and cunning politician. He choose to identify as Ibo when he felt it favoured him politically. Now he is eyeing the Presidency or at least the vice Presidency he quickly disposed of associating himself with a poisoned chalice . The Obidient mob have completely destroyed any remaining Ibo political value.
There is zero political value identifying as Ibo in 2027 .
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Agbegbaorogboye: 12:08pm On Jun 06, 2025
DomPerignon:
Amaechi first openly declared that as an Ikwere man, that he is Ibo when he was a serving Minister under the Buhari adminstration.

Amaechi made that statement in response to a journalist asking him to comment on cririsicm of the Buhaei government marginalising the SE of federal appointments.

Amaechi replied that it was all nonesense and used his appointment as a Super Minister as an example claiming further that he is an Ibo man from Rivers state.

Amaechi is now backtracking and saying he made that statement out of political convineince . In short , Amaechi has confessed that he lied to decieve and that he isn't an Ibo man but an Ikwere .


Now the question is why is Amaechi backtracking ?

It serves no purpose and it is doing him real disservice to admit he lied for political convenience and he coming out with what he said will further alienate him from the SE core Ibo population.

So why did Amaechi suddenly decide to confess and state unequivocally that he isn't Ibo?

Did Amaechi need to come clean so as to assuage the northerners he is plotting with to get to Aso Rock on his real ethnicity ? And if so, does Amaechi see being Ibo as a real obstacle in gaining northern support?
This thread is needless
If you had done a little research, you would have realised that your claim about Amaechi saying he's Igbo in defence of Buhari's federal appointment is a big lie
Amaechi firs made the statement in January 2015 when he went to campaign for Buhari in Abia state. See screenshot below.
The next time he made the statement was in 2022 towards the APC primaries.
Thus, your thread is based on a lie and the assumption is flawed and should be closed while you get a ban for spreading wrong information on NL

Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Ojiofor: 12:31pm On Jun 06, 2025
DomPerignon:
Amaechi first openly declared that as an Ikwere man, that he is Ibo when he was a serving Minister under the Buhari adminstration.

Amaechi made that statement in response to a journalist asking him to comment on cririsicm of the Buhaei government marginalising the SE of federal appointments.

Amaechi replied that it was all nonesense and used his appointment as a Super Minister as an example claiming further that he is an Ibo man from Rivers state.

Amaechi is now backtracking and saying he made that statement out of political convineince . In short , Amaechi has confessed that he lied to decieve and that he isn't an Ibo man but an Ikwere .


Now the question is why is Amaechi backtracking ?

It serves no purpose and it is doing him real disservice to admit he lied for political convenience and he coming out with what he said will further alienate him from the SE core Ibo population.

So why did Amaechi suddenly decide to confess and state unequivocally that he isn't Ibo?

Did Amaechi need to come clean so as to assuage the northerners he is plotting with to get to Aso Rock on his real ethnicity ? And if so, does Amaechi see being Ibo as a real obstacle in gaining northern support?
Amaechi and Ikwerre people play politics of ethnic identity they are Igbo when it favours them and Ikwerre when it does not and Niger Deltan when it is convenient.Do not trust people like that they are chameleon.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Ojiofor: 12:35pm On Jun 06, 2025
Warrior99:
Ibos have NO POLITICAL VALUE as far as real politics is concerned in present day Nigeria.

Amaechi is simply trying to avoid political suicide 🤷🏾‍♂️
He have already committed political suicide even in his native Rivers state he can hardly win his polling booth.Lets see how far his current position will take him.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by helinues: 12:53pm On Jun 06, 2025
Agbegbaorogboye:
This thread is needless
If you had done a little research, you would have realised that your claim about Amaechi saying he's Igbo in defence of Buhari's federal appointment is a big lie
Amaechi firs made the statement in January 2015 when he went to campaign for Buhari in Abia state. See screenshot below.
The next time he made the statement was in 2022 towards the APC primaries.
Thus, your thread is based on a lie and the assumption is flawed and should be closed while you get a ban for spreading wrong information on NL
Firs ko, wrist ni
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by flokii: 1:38pm On Jun 06, 2025
He knows too well that North won't vote for anything Igbo.. so claiming he is not Igbo will give him better chances to get support from North.
I see it at pettiness tho.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by EDGEof2MORO: 1:50pm On Jun 06, 2025
DomPerignon:
Amaechi first openly declared that as an Ikwere man, that he is Ibo when he was a serving Minister under the Buhari adminstration.

Amaechi made that statement in response to a journalist asking him to comment on cririsicm of the Buhaei government marginalising the SE of federal appointments.

Amaechi replied that it was all nonesense and used his appointment as a Super Minister as an example claiming further that he is an Ibo man from Rivers state.

Amaechi is now backtracking and saying he made that statement out of political convineince . In short , Amaechi has confessed that he lied to decieve and that he isn't an Ibo man but an Ikwere .


Now the question is why is Amaechi backtracking ?

It serves no purpose and it is doing him real disservice to admit he lied for political convenience and he coming out with what he said will further alienate him from the SE core Ibo population.

So why did Amaechi suddenly decide to confess and state unequivocally that he isn't Ibo?

Did Amaechi need to come clean so as to assuage the northerners he is plotting with to get to Aso Rock on his real ethnicity ? And if so, does Amaechi see being Ibo as a real obstacle in gaining northern support?
i see you are still out here spewing trash
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by kedeojo(m): 2:05pm On Jun 06, 2025
Ojiofor:
Amaechi and Ikwerre people play politics of ethnic identity they are Igbo when it favours them and Ikwerre when it does not and Niger Deltan when it is convenient.Do not trust people like that they are chameleon.
Am just imagining what is going through our bitter brothers. Wike is no longer thier own and now, the man they replaced with the before love has now trow bombshell. They will soon attack and insult him now because they are shameless. Ameachi knows the implications of attaching himself to igbo cos he will not get support from south west and north to become president. He is the next annionted coalition if Atiku didn't pulls through. No reasonable politicians dance to the bitterness and emotion of south east and becomes president of Nigeria. APC has so far won three consecutive elections without their votes and it will become four in 2027.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Brenbentondiaz: 2:06pm On Jun 06, 2025
Maybe, just maybe he has realised that there are more than 1 million reasons why one should never be remotely related to deveropers? Ask the so many deveropers pretending to be Hausas and Yorubas on nairaland, X and other social media platforms. They'll tell you they did it due to them being ashamed of that heritage.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by kedeojo(m): 2:10pm On Jun 06, 2025
Ojiofor:
He have already committed political suicide even in his native Rivers state he can hardly win his polling booth.Lets see how far his current position will take him.
you don't have the votes to make him president and he knows that. If the north supported him like they did to Tinubu in 2023 and he get half of south south votes, then he will be declared president. I will rather support and vote Ameachi than Obi, one million times. If you are talking about Soludo and Umahi then I will not vote him. Obi is too fake and he is so tribalistic and a big pretender. Nothing for him as long as Nigeria exist.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Ojiofor: 2:57pm On Jun 06, 2025
kedeojo:
you don't have the votes to make him president and he knows that. If the north supported him like they did to Tinubu in 2023 and he get half of south south votes, then he will be declared president. I will rather support and vote Ameachi than Obi, one million times. If you are talking about Soludo and Umahi then I will not vote him. Obi is too fake and he is so tribalistic and a big pretender. Nothing for him as long as Nigeria exist.
Tell me any region who can single handedly make somebody president.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Ojiofor: 3:09pm On Jun 06, 2025
kedeojo:
Am just imagining what is going through our bitter brothers. Wike is no longer thier own and now, the man they replaced with the before love has now trow bombshell. They will soon attack and insult him now because they are shameless. Ameachi knows the implications of attaching himself to igbo cos he will not get support from south west and north to become president. He is the next annionted coalition if Atiku didn't pulls through. No reasonable politicians dance to the bitterness and emotion of south east and becomes president of Nigeria. APC has so far won three consecutive elections without their votes and it will become four in 2027.
Peter Obi a proud 😅 Igbo man is loved across the nation what are you even talking about?
In a free and fair election Obi will defeat Tinubu again and again even in Lagos😜. Nonsense and ingredients 🤣
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by DomPerignon(op): 11:52pm On Jun 06, 2025
Loved by whom?
Ojiofor:
Peter Obi a proud 😅 Igbo man is loved across the nation what are you even talking about?
In a free and fair election Obi will defeat Tinubu again and again even in Lagos😜. Nonsense and ingredients 🤣
Stop deceiving yourself.

Obi can never ever be President .
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by Ojiofor: 12:02am On Jun 07, 2025
DomPerignon:
Loved by whom?

Stop deceiving yourself.

Obi can never ever be President .
He defeated the drug master in Lagos where he have been governor for 24 years 😅🤣
In free and fair election Peter Obi will win Tinubu everywhere both in Iragbiji his village.
Tinubu is the most hated president ever.
Re: Why Is Amaechi Backtracking On His Once Claimed IBO Identity? by MKPUOGALIGA: 12:06am On Jun 07, 2025
kedeojo:
you don't have the votes to make him president and he knows that. If the north supported him like they did to Tinubu in 2023 and he get half of south south votes, then he will be declared president. I will rather support and vote Ameachi than Obi, one million times. If you are talking about Soludo and Umahi then I will not vote him. Obi is too fake and he is so tribalistic and a big pretender. Nothing for him as long as Nigeria exist.
Please , shush. If you and your pay masters were sure Obi couldn't win why did they disconnect the IREV and rigged the election. Tinubu lost the seat of his kingdom to Obi , lost Kano , Kaduna , Katrina, Abuja , Plateau, Rivers and Benue.

You people are bunch of criminals working to capture the Nigerian state because you know danm well you cant rig again. Shameless people
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